April '12 / Orange Prize for Fiction Reading Poll

Well then, I wound up reading Paul’s tractor book after all, and I’ve got to say – it was one of the best books I’ve read in a long time.

It starts out as a comic novel about an 84-year-old man who marries a much younger woman only 2 years after his wife has died, but then it turns into much, much more.

I can give this book a qualm-free recommendation. I think any of us who frequent the Book-Club Thread will find something they will like in this book – it even has some good stuff about tractors in it.

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, by Marina Lewycka