A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka

Nadia Mayevskyj's 84 year old father has decided to remarry, and he has gotten his two daughters into a tizzy. His bride-to-be, Valentina, is a 36 year old voluptuous gold-digger from Ukraine and she's out to get her claws on what little fortune 'Papa' has, along with an easy visa to the UK.
Nadia and her older sister Vera put aside their longstanding feud to unite against the blood sucking Valentina. They try all ways and means to stop the marriage, but in the end...the marriage went ahead. (It only gets funnier after that)
The cheeky old man at first enjoys having a young wife to grope and feel, all whilst he starts to write a book on the history of tractors, but Valentina's ridiculous demands start to make Papa think twice about his lust-driven decision. Her bullying got so fearsome that it made him perform involuntary excretion in his trousers more than once.
I bought Tractors cos I figured it'd be a funny book. It definitely is, but it can be insightful and touching as well. The author weaves in the struggles of Nadia's family in Ukraine , and the dark days spent in a labour camp during WWII. All in all, it makes for a good read! 7.5 out of 10 ninja darts.