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Book SynopsisFROM THE WRITER OF THE OSCAR-WININNG WOMEN TALKING
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR
LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD
Go Grandma Elvira!' Margaret Atwood
''Wickedly funny and fearlessly honest.'' The New Yorker
''Glorious.'' Sarah Moss
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You are a small thing, and you must learn to fight.
Swiv has taken this advice too literally. Now she's suspended from school, in the care of her foul-mouthed, hilarious grandmother.
Mom is busy being pregnant, so Grandma gives Swiv a very different education. Swiv learns maths with Amish jigsaws and How to Dig a Winter Grave. Grandma's methods may be unorthodox, but she has faced the worst of life with a wild, independent spirit and this is what she hopes to pass on.
Time is running short. Grandma's health is failing and the baby is on the way can Grandma inspire this fire in Swiv, and ensure it never goes out?
Poignant, hil
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'Wickedly funny and fearlessly honest.' The New Yorker
'The last book that made me cry.' JOSHUA FERRIS
'A love letter to our brave and brilliant matriarchs.' Glamour
