We are All Made of Glue
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Journal Entry 1 by PrestonBCZone from Preston, Lancashire United Kingdom on Thursday, September 16, 2010
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From bonding to bondage, from B&Q to Belarus, along with seven smelly cats, three useless handymen, two slimy estate agents, social workers, a bonker lady. The story of a very unlikely friendship. Georgie Sinclair's husband has walked out; her sixteen-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 émigré 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-sell-by-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, home to seven stinky cats with agendas of their own, 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 (one with a charming taste for bondage) 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? As Georgie steps in to help her new friend, she finds herself unravelling a mystery which takes her from Highbury to wartime Europe to the Middle East, and learning a bit about DIY along the way.
From bonding to bondage, from B&Q to Belarus, along with seven smelly cats, three useless handymen, two slimy estate agents, social workers, a bonker lady. The story of a very unlikely friendship. Georgie Sinclair's husband has walked out; her sixteen-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 émigré 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-sell-by-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, home to seven stinky cats with agendas of their own, 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 (one with a charming taste for bondage) 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? As Georgie steps in to help her new friend, she finds herself unravelling a mystery which takes her from Highbury to wartime Europe to the Middle East, and learning a bit about DIY along the way.
Journal Entry 2 by PrestonBCZone at Harris Library in Preston, Lancashire United Kingdom on Thursday, September 16, 2010
Released 13 yrs ago (9/16/2010 UTC) at Harris Library in Preston, Lancashire United Kingdom
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On the BookCrossing stand in the lending library.
Journal Entry 3 by 
brunton11
at Salford, Greater Manchester United Kingdom on Thursday, September 23, 2010
brunton11 at Salford, Greater Manchester United Kingdom on Thursday, September 23, 2010
Picked up from the Harris Library in Preston. I'm working regularly in Preston these days so I'll be sure to drop off some books there.
Journal Entry 4 by brunton11 at Salford, Greater Manchester United Kingdom on Monday, January 17, 2011
brunton11 at Salford, Greater Manchester United Kingdom on Monday, January 17, 2011
Planning to read this book on holiday in Australia and release it!
Edited to add my review: Another enjoyable book by this author with difficult issues tackled in a thought provoking way.
Edited to add my review: Another enjoyable book by this author with difficult issues tackled in a thought provoking way.
Journal Entry 5 by brunton11 at Australian Museum in Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on Wednesday, February 2, 2011
brunton11 at Australian Museum in Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Released 13 yrs ago (2/2/2011 UTC) at Australian Museum in Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia
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I left this book on a bench between the Australia Museum and the Aquatic Centre (the one closest to the walkway by the fountain).
Note - The book had gone when we walked past later!
Note - The book had gone when we walked past later!
Journal Entry 6 by 
AnonymousFinder
at Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on Monday, February 7, 2011
AnonymousFinder at Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on Monday, February 7, 2011
Found this book on a bench in front of the Australian museum as I was just about to take a picture of the fountain. Planning to read that asap...
