We are All Made of Glue

We are All Made of Glue - Marina Lewycka

From Amazon: "After Georgie Sinclair's husband walks out on her following an argument about a toothbrush holder, her life seems about to fall apart. Her daughter doesn't call her anymore, preferring instead to send brief texts here and there, her 16-year-old son, Ben, seems intent on surfing born-again websites on the Internet, and both her career and her social life have never seemed more boring. When her eccentric elderly neighbor, Mrs. Shapiro, rummages through Georgie's garbage one night the two strike up an unusual friendship. They bond over Mrs. Shapiro's odd collection of cats and discounted grocery store food, but when Mrs. Shapiro has a fall and ends up in the hospital Georgie is surprised to find out that she has been named as next of kin. Suddenly Georgie's time is occupied with trying to prevent dishonest social workers from putting Mrs. Shapiro into a home, as well as trying to keep her elderly neighbor's house from falling into complete disrepair. Georgie is also occupied with figuring out if she wants to make her marriage work and trying to keep her son out of the clutches of a persistent online cult. In addition, she must unravel the mystery that is Mrs. Shapiro, who is certainly not who she says that she is."

This is the third of Marina Lewycka's books that I've read. They've all been quite strange, but interesting and pretty fast to read. This one was a bit strange - I'm not sure that her referencing to glue all the time really belonged in the book.. it seemed like she thought of the title first and then decided to add more stuff in.

Either way, I'd recommend this to someone wanting a good story. Lewycka is fantastic with accents in her writing, so I was pretty entertained just reading those.