March 2013 Book of the Month.
A wonderful book full of political and social comment along with some brilliant characters and an impressive portrayal of the global financial crisis. Add her normal wit and a smattering of the unexpected and you have a major success.
And for those of you who enjoyed A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, Marina Lewycka has returned to the characters in that book with a hilarious erotic twist in A Shorter History of Tractors in Ukrainian with Handcuffs, available to download in eBook format. Click here to find out more.
Explore our '80+ Books That Deliver a Hug' listicle for more feel-good or uplifting books.
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Marcus and Doro were part of a commune from the late 1960s until the early 1990s: lentils, free love, spliffs, radical politics, cheesecloth blouses, sex, housework and cooking rotas, crochet, allotments. Their children have grown up rather different from them: primary school teacher Clara craves order and clean bathrooms, son Serge is pretending to his parents that he is still doing a Maths PhD at Cambridge, while in fact working making loads of money in the City; while third child Oolie Anna, who has Downs Syndrome, is desperate to escape home and live on her own. Once the truth starts breaking through, who knows what further secrets will be revealed about any of them?
Various Pets Alive and Dead features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Family Drama, eBooks of the Month, Book Club Recommendations, Books of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
Various Pets Alive and Dead is available in Paperback
Various Pets Alive and Dead was written by Marina Lewycka and published by Penguin Books Ltd
Various Pets Alive and Dead has 367 pages
£15.29
