The No1 Ethical retailer for Books, CD’s, DVD’s & Games
30 Day Refund Guarantee

Vinegar Girl: Tyler Anne

Vinegar Girl: Tyler Anne

by Anne Tyler (Author)

  • Used

    Paperback 2017

    $3.28

  • New

    Paperback 2017

    $11.63
Synopsis

The hilarious new novel from the bestselling author of A Spool of Blue Thread 'A thoroughly modern love story' Guardian, Books of the Year Kate Battista is stuck. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and infuriating younger sister Bunny? Dr Battista has other problems. His brilliant young lab assistant, Pyotr, is about to be deported. And without Pyotr, his new scientific breakthrough will fall through... When Dr Battista cooks up an outrageous plan that will enable Pyotr to stay in the country, he's relying - as usual - on Kate to help him. Will Kate be able to resist the two men's touchingly ludicrous campaign to win her round? Anne Tyler's brilliant retelling of The Taming of the Shrew asks whether a thoroughly modern woman like Kate would ever sacrifice herself for a man. The answer is as surprising as Kate herself.

$3.28

Save:$9.36 (74%)

Quantity

6 in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 272
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Vintage
Published: 09 Mar 2017
ISBN 10: 0099589877
ISBN 13: 9780099589877
Book Overview: No one does family like Anne Tyler - and the Battistas might be her most appealing yet...the new novel from the bestselling author of A Spool of Blue Thread

Media Reviews
It's knockabout comedy at its best, genuinely laugh-out-loud funny and, indeed, may be her funniest book to date -- John Harding * Daily Mail *
The worst wedding in history ... vintage Anne Tyler -- Ann Treneman * The Times *
It's every subtle shade of funny, heart-breaking and ultimately life-affirming * Grazia *
Funny, thought-provoking, essential * The Sunday Telegraph (Stella) *
Delightful, ingenious and convincing... Anyone who values good writing and the intelligent observation and depiction of how people feel, think and speak will enjoy it too -- Allan Massie * Scotsman *
Author Bio
Anne Tyler was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1941 and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her bestselling novels include Breathing Lessons, The Accidental Tourist, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Ladder of Years, Back When We Were Grownups, A Patchwork Planet, The Amateur Marriage, Digging to America, A Spool of Blue Thread and Vinegar Girl. In 1989 she won the Pulitzer Prize for Breathing Lessons; in 1994 she was nominated by Roddy Doyle and Nick Hornby as 'the greatest novelist writing in English'; in 2012 she received the Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence; and in 2015 A Spool of Blue Thread was a Sunday Times bestseller and was shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction and the Man Booker Prize.