We Are All Made of Glue Book

Marina Lewycka is infamous for finding humour in the strangest of places and her new book "We Are All Made Of Glue" is no different. The story can only be described as the synthesis of "Holocaust drama and knockabout comedy" and revolves around a very unlikely friendship between Georgie Sinclair and her eccentric Jewish neighbour Naomi Shapiro. Georgie is down on her luck and has recently become single, when her good-for-nothing husband walked out on her. So when she spots her odd old Jewish neighbour, Mrs Shapiro stealing her rubbish, it's just the distraction she needs and although they don't bond instantly - Georgie exposes her as a compulsive liar and doesn't like her filthy house that stinks of cat pee, while Mrs Sharpiro thinks Georgie needs to sort herself out, smarten up and find a new husband - the pair soon form a firm friendship over a spot of bargain hunting. Then Mrs Shapiro is admitted to hospital and surprisingly Georgie is named as her next of kin. But sorting out Mrs Shapiro's house of horrors in Highbury proves to be a huge challenge. Not only do her stinking cats seem to have agendas of their own, the handyman called in to change the locks is not what he seems and the smarmy estate agents are trying to trick Mrs Shapiro into selling her near-derelict old house. As Georgie tries her very best to help her new friend, she finds herself caught up in the long-buried mystery surrounding Naomi's past! Read More