{"product_id":"a-short-history-of-tractors-marina-lewycka-9780143036746","title":"A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian","description":"\u003cb\u003eNominated for the Man Booker Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A charming comedy of eros . . . A ride that, despite the bumps and curves in the road, never feels anything less than jaunty.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Charming, poignantly funny.\" --\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Two years after my mother died, my father fell in love with a glamorous blonde Ukrainian divorcee. He was eighty-four and she was thirty-six. She exploded into our lives like a fluffy pink grenade, churning up the murky water, bringing to the surface a sludge of sloughed-off memories, giving the family ghosts a kick up the backside.' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSisters Vera and Nadezhda must aside a lifetime of feuding to save their émigré engineer father from voluptuous gold-digger Valentina. With her proclivity for green satin underwear and boil-in-the-bag cuisine, she will stop at nothing in her pursuit of Western wealth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the sisters' campaign to oust Valentina unearths family secrets, uncovers fifty years of Europe's darkest history and sends them back to roots they'd much rather forget . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marina Lewycka\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143036742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143036746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2005 pg. 1","brand":"Marina Lewycka","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045825900799,"sku":"9780143036746","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_304607e0-93bb-4c5b-a7f0-eb42ab2acd49.jpg?v=1684980990","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-short-history-of-tractors-marina-lewycka-9780143036746","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}