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When an octogenarian divorcee falls for a voluptuous gold-digger less than half his age, his bickering daughters have no choice but to join forces to oust the vulgar harpy. With conflicting emotions, Nadezhda, the younger daughter, relates this well-told tale. She switches from the frequently farcical situation that develops in the old man's increasingly dilapidated Peterborough home to touchingly tender memories of her deceased mother and the long lost traditions of her Ukrainian homeland. As she and her 'big sis' up the ante to get the better of their dangerously ruthless new mother-in-law, 'pappa' buries his head in his pet project - writing a history of tractors in Ukrainian. And, as his physical and mental health come under threat from the unpleasant new love of his life, Nadezhda herself comes to discover some unwelcome truths about her own family's history that differ greatly from what she'd been told by her father. (Kirkus UK)
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For years, Nadezhda and Vera, two Ukrainian sisters, raised in England by their refugee parents, have had as little as possible to do with each other - and they have their reasons. But now they find they'd better learn how to get along, because since their mother's death their aging father has been sliding into his second childhood, and an alarming new woman has just entered his life. Valentina, a bosomy young synthetic blonde from the Ukraine, seems to think their father is much richer than he is, and she is keen that he leave this world with as little money to his name as possible. If Nadazhda and Vera don't stop her, no one will. But separating their addled and annoyingly lecherous dad from his new love will prove to be no easy feat - Valentina is a ruthless pro and the two sisters swiftly realize that they are mere amateurs when it comes to ruthlessness. As Hurricane Valentina turns the family house upside down, old secrets come falling out, including the most deeply buried one of them all, from the War, the one that explains much about why Nadazhda and Vera are so different. In the meantime, oblivious to it all, their father carries on with the great work of his dotage, a grand history of the tractor.
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When an octogenarian divorcee falls for a voluptuous gold-digger less than half his age, his bickering daughters have no choice but to join forces to oust the vulgar harpy. With conflicting emotions, Nadezhda, the younger daughter, relates this well-told tale. She switches from the frequently farcical situation that develops in the old man's increasingly dilapidated Peterborough home to touchingly tender memories of her deceased mother and the long lost traditions of her Ukrainian homeland. As she and her 'big sis' up the ante to get the better of their dangerously ruthless new mother-in-law, 'pappa' buries his head in his pet project - writing a history of tractors in Ukrainian. And, as his physical and mental health come under threat from the unpleasant new love of his life, Nadezhda herself comes to discover some unwelcome truths about her own family's history that differ greatly from what she'd been told by her father. (Kirkus UK)
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For years, Nadezhda and Vera, two Ukrainian sisters, raised in England by their refugee parents, have had as little as possible to do with each other - and they have their reasons. But now they find they'd better learn how to get along, because since their mother's death their aging father has been sliding into his second childhood, and an alarming new woman has just entered his life. Valentina, a bosomy young synthetic blonde from the Ukraine, seems to think their father is much richer than he is, and she is keen that he leave this world with as little money to his name as possible. If Nadazhda and Vera don't stop her, no one will. But separating their addled and annoyingly lecherous dad from his new love will prove to be no easy feat - Valentina is a ruthless pro and the two sisters swiftly realize that they are mere amateurs when it comes to ruthlessness. As Hurricane Valentina turns the family house upside down, old secrets come falling out, including the most deeply buried one of them all, from the War, the one that explains much about why Nadazhda and Vera are so different. In the meantime, oblivious to it all, their father carries on with the great work of his dotage, a grand history of the tractor.
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