We Are All Made of Glue [Paperback]

Product Details

• Paperback: 419 pages
• Publisher: Fig Tree
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1905490615
• ISBN-13: 978-1905490615
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,220,197 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Connections, August 9, 2010

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Kate Oszko (Brisbane, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: We Are All Made of Glue (Paperback)

Georgie Sinclair is the main character in this book set in London. She has separated from her husband Rip and is trying to sort out her life.

She has just thrown a whole heap of his LPs into the skip in front of her house when a neighbour rummages through the rubbish to "rescue"some of the refuse. The neighbour is Mrs Shapiro (A Jewish immigrant), and Georgie is drawn to her, although they are quite different. Mrs Shapiro lives in a squalour, with malodorous cats, but they have a strong connection.

Georgie's job is to research and contribute to the publication "Adhesives in the Modern World", but she is drawn into Mrs Shapiro's story and her life, including the mystery about her husband.

I loved the references and connections to glue and human experience; I loved how Lewycka was able to capture Mrs Shapiro's speech so well. There is a cast of really interesting and obnoxious characters - mainly drawn into the story through the possibility of making a profit from the house Mrs Shapiro is in.

I would recommend this book.

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't read this with broken ribs, July 13, 2011

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G. Robinson "Rudy" (Western Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: We Are All Made of Glue (Kindle Edition)

Absolutely hilarious and ultimately uplifting. Tolerance is the theme: of our madnesses, differences and flaws. With just a hint of magic realism.

1 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars disappointing, September 25, 2010

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Linda Spring - See all my reviews

This review is from: We Are All Made of Glue (Paperback)

This book was just fine, sensible and funny till it got to the anti-Israeli part, taking a pro-Palestinian course, distorting facts and letting its Palestinian and other characters tell gross inaccuracies about the history of the conflict.