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A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
- Narrated by: Siân Thomas
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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Two years after my mother died, my father fell in love with a glamorous blonde Ukrainian divorcee. He was 84 and she was 36. She exploded into our lives like a fluffy pink grenade, churning up the murky water, bringing to the surface sludge of sloughed-off memories, giving the family ghosts a kick up the backside.
Sisters Vera and Nadezhda must put 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. But the sisters' campaign to oust Valentina unearths family secrets, uncovers 50 years of Europe's darkest history and sends them back to roots they'd much rather forget....
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- Maria Rowe
- 20-11-17
great writing, excellently performed,
I specially enjoyed the narrating. It was a joy to listen to. So many different voices and accents!!
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- Helen from Shropshire
- 15-07-21
Entertaining
No surprise that it is not about tractors! A well presented family story. Funny in places, a good way listen
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- Anonymous User
- 12-05-22
Gripping and funny
beautifully written tale of a family with funny rich characters. Not nearly enough tractors for tractor fans.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-04-23
Fabulous!
Loved this - funny family drama.Learnt a lot about the troubled history of Ukraine. Light and heavy at same time.
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- yvonny
- 31-08-23
Entertaining and quick paced
I really enjoyed this book it romped along like a farce but had touching insights into old age deprivation and desperation and what it leads people to do . Highly recommended
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- Johnny
- 01-01-22
Brilliant
These story made me laugh and sometimes angry. The Narrator was absolutely brilliant and uses different voices for each character.
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- P Fletcher
- 28-11-20
wonderful
couldn't Put it down. funny and thought provoking at the same time, and beautifully read.
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- FW101
- 12-07-22
A extraordinary and lovely book
I have read and loved this book before in paper format and really hoped the reader would do it justice - which she absolutely did. The characters are utterly vibrant in all their wonderful and sometimes appalling eccentricity. The author's compassion and love shines through, and it manages to be both heart wrenching and extremely funny. I even enjoyed the asides about the history of tractors.... a lovely, lovely book well executed in audio format.
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- M S Kent
- 22-05-23
Excellent
Cracking tale narrated very cleverly. Even more interesting due to the current situation in Ukraine.
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- Nodi
- 17-11-23
Wonderful
I read this book many years ago and enjoyed but have to say that it really came to life in the audio, Siân Thomas’ performance is great!
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