WE ARE ALL MADE OF GLUE BY MARINA LEWYCKA IN SOUTH AFRICA

 Georgie Sinclair's husband has walked out on her; her 16-year-old son is busy surfing born-again websites; and all those overdue articles for Adhesives In The Modern World are getting her down. So when Georgie spots Mrs Shapiro, an eccentric old Jewish emigre neighbour with an eye for a bargain and a fondness for matchmaking, rummaging through her skip in the middle of the night, it's just the distraction she needs.  And although they mistrust each other at first - Georgie doesn't like the look of that past-its-sellby-date fish, while Mrs Shapiro thinks Georgie needs to smarten herself up and grab a new husband - a firm friendship is formed over the reduced-price shelf at the supermarket. Then Mrs Shapiro is admitted to hospital and, to Georgie's surprise, she is named as her next of kin.  But sorting out Mrs Shapiro's semi-derelict mansion in Highbury is no easy job when the handyman called in to change the locks turns out to be not what he seems and his two assistants, The Uselesses, are doing more breaking than fixing. And what about the two slimy estate agents who start competing to trick Mrs Shapiro into selling her rickety old house? Or the social worker determined to commit her to a nursing home? Soft cover, very good condition.