Strawberry Fields

Marina Lew

ycka“It’s more than just funny. It’s also sad and wise and tender and generous

and even sexy....One way or another, these strawberry fields are forever.” —The Washington Post

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S omewhere in the heart of the green and verdant land called Eng-

land is a valley filled with strawberries...

When a ragtag international crew of migrant workers is forced to flee

the strawberry fields they’ve been working in, they set off across England

looking for employment. But the life they imagined is nothing like what

they find, as they rudely bump against the ignominious and sometimes

quite dangerous realities of the emigre experience in new Europe. But

for those who manage to hang on, the rewards, like strawberries, while

surprisingly hard to pick, prove awfully sweet—especially for two young

Ukrainians, Andriy and Irina, whose mutual irritation blossoms into pas-

sionate love.

Displaying the same sense of compassion, social outrage, and gift for

hilarity that she showed in her debut novel, A Short History of Tractors

in Ukrainian, Marina Lewycka chronicles this bumpy road trip and search

for a taste of the good life with a tender affection.

bestselling author of

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

Marina Lewycka

“a stunning novel... Strawberry Fields stands along the best of Zadie Smith and Monica Ali. It is sometimes outrageous,

sometimes bawdy and constantly entertaining.” – the seattle times

StrawberryFields

a novel