Marina Lewycka

Marcus and Doro were part of a left-wing commune from the late 1960s until the early 1990s: lentils, free love....

George Pantis is in a pickle. After walking out on his wife Rosie on Referendum night 2016 to shack up with hairdresser 'Brexit Brenda' next door, he thinks he's got it made - especially when he wins millions on a Kosovan lottery he only vaguely remembers entering....

Two years after my mother died, my father fell in love with a glamorous blonde Ukrainian divorcee....

A beautiful summer's evening in a Kent field and around their two caravans a group of strawberry pickers celebrates a birthday....

Georgie Sinclair’s husband has left and work is getting her down. So when she spots Mrs Shapiro rummaging through her skip in the middle of the night, it’s just the distraction she needs...

North London in the 21st century: a place where a son will swiftly adopt an old lady and take her home from hospital to impersonate his dear departed mother rather than lose the council flat....

Shortlisted for the British Book Awards, Author of the Year, 2007.
Winner of the British Book Awards Newcomer of the Year, 2006.
Strawberry pickers in the English countryside, mostly from Eastern Europe, are leading dangerous lives....

Georgie Sinclair's husband has left her; her 16-year-old son is busy exploring fundamentalist Christian websites and becoming more distant by the day....