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Two Caravans
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  • Published: 2 June 2008
  • ISBN: 9780141923635
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320

Two Caravans

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2 June 2008
Audiobook
5 July 2007
Paperback
1 Mar 2012
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A beautiful summer's evening in a Kent field and around their two caravans a group of strawberry pickers celebrates a birthday.

But what lies behind the buy-one-get-one-free offers at your supermarket and who picks our strawberries? The Ukrainians: Irina, just off the coach from Kiev, and Andriy, the miner's son from the other Ukraine; the Poles: Tomasz and Yola; two Chinese girls; Emanuel, the round-eyed eighteen-year-old from Malawi. And although he can't pick strawberries, there's also the Dog . . .

Hilarious, gritty, moving and slapstick, Two Caravans has all the ingredients that made A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian so successful.
  • Published: 2 June 2008
  • ISBN: 9780141923635
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320
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About the author

Marina Lewycka

Marina Lewycka was born of Ukrainian parents in a refugee camp in Kiel, Germany, at the end of the war, and grew up in England. She teaches at Sheffield Hallam University. She is married, with a grown-up daughter, and lives in Sheffield. Her first novel, A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, was translated into 28 languages and was also long listed for The Man Booker Prize 2005, short listed for The Orange Prize for Fiction 2005 and winner of the Bollinger Everyman prize for Comic Fiction 2005 and the Saga Award for Wit 2005. Her second novel Two Caravans is published in February 2007.
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Also by Marina Lewycka

The Good, the Bad and the Little Bit Stupid
The Lubetkin Legacy
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
A Shorter History of Tractors in Ukrainian with Handcuffs
Various Pets Alive And Dead
We Are All Made of Glue
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
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Praise for Two Caravans

Her last book was entertaining, but this one is better…Very buoyant, witty and informative

Peter Kemp, The Sunday Times

A great romp…with considerable heart and winsomeness

Literary Review

Another black comedy masterpiece…an extraordinary, surprisingly funny tale

Easy Living

Another winner from the author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

Woman and Home

Marina Lewycka has pulled off another story with a big heart

Daily Express

Lewycka's heartfelt and funny novel packs as big a punch as any hard-hitting political polemic

Daily Mail

An extremely funny book

Times Literary Supplement