Marina Lewycka's tale of emigrating and immigration, plus sisterly rivalry.Somewhere in my mind I had this earmarked as a over-hyped-but-probably-fab tale. Started off enjoying the whimsy but increasingly teh meh crept in and I found my mind wandering onto important matters such as how to construct ...
This book had been recommended to me as a laugh out loud book, and was looking forward to reading it, but for me the first few chaptes are laugh out loud and so witty and after that the book falls falt and I actually found it a depressing read, the wit in this book soon grates on your nerves and wa...
Mmmh. I had higher expectations for this book.Still I am not that disappointed. Yet I thought I would have laughed more than I am actually doing while reading it.A few of the main characters are a bit too much stereotyped in order to get some comical effect (the Ukrainian tart is a caricature rather...
Many times, before I read the book (or at least I had a clue what it is about), I wondered if it really treats the subject of tractors or it’s just a funky title. Well, for those of you out there who might have the same dilemma, yes, it is about tractors. But fortunately, not only. :)We have very pi...
Check out my reviews on my blog:http://guiltlessreading.blogspot.com/p/archives.htmlImmigrant life at its insanest.I was trolling Oprah and decided to read A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainianbecause I saw it was one of Vera Farmiga's memorable reads. She relates because she is the daughter of a...
Two sisters and their elderly father collide as they have always collided in the past but with tremendous force and great frequency when the elderly father falls for a young woman who wants to immigrate to England from Ukraine. The dialogue is clever and fun and painful and the dad’s obsession with ...
If you've heard that this book has been nominated for all sorts of prizes you might be expecting something different; but if I tell you it reminds me of Anne Tyler or Joanna Harris you might not be disappointed and might even be a little surprised at the steel edge under this tragi-comic family stor...
Funny, but bittersweet story about what happens to a family when the 85-year old father decides to remarry - a 36 year old divorcee from the Ukraine. This story especially touched me because of the similarities between the father and my own. (No 36 year old wife, but an immigrant who is passionate...
When their widowed elderly father decides to remarry a valuptuous younger women trying to get her papers to live in England, two estranged sisters band together to protect their father from this gold-digger. Has emotionally poignant and very amusing moments, as well as containing a short history of ...
Adult sisters warring over parent(s), money, step mother etc. The extracts about the history of tractors are a gimmick that ought to have more relevance to justify its inclusion; the characters and plot are unoriginal and superficial and the attempts at humour feel lame. I can't figure out the targe...
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