Marina Lewycka
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
One. Two phone calls and a funeral
Two. Mother’s little legacy
Three. A fat brown, envelope
Four. A rabbit and a chicken
Five. A short history of tractors in Ukrainian
Six. Wedding pictures
Seven. Crap car
Eight. A green satin bra
Nine. Christmas gifts
Ten. Squishy squashy
Eleven. Under duress
Twelve. A half-eaten ham sandwich
Thirteen. Yellow rubber gloves
Fourteen. A small portable photocopier
Fifteen. In the psychiatrist’s chair
Sixteen. My mother wears a hat
Seventeen. Lady Di and the Rolls-Royce
Eighteen. The baby alarm
Nineteen. The Red Plough
Twenty. The psychologist was a fraud
Twenty-One. The lady vanishes
Twenty-Two. Model citizens
Twenty-Three. The graveyard escapee
Twenty-Four. Mystery man
Twenty-Five. The triumph of the human spirit
Twenty-Six. All will be corrected
Twenty-Seven. A source of cheap labour
Twenty-Eight. Gold-rimmed aviator-style glasses
Twenty-Nine. Last supper
Thirty. Two journeys
I salute the sun
Marina Lewycka
