Vinegar Girl

<p><b>'A thoroughly modern love story' <i>Guardian</i> Book of the Year</b><br><br><b>Kate Battista is stuck.</b><br><br>How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and infuriating younger sister Bunny?<br><br>Dr Battista has other problems. His brilliant young lab assistant Pyotr is about to be deported. And without Pyotr his new scientific breakthrough will fall through...<br><br>When Dr Battista cooks up an outrageous plan that will enable Pyotr to stay in the country he's relying - as usual - on Kate to help him. Will Kate be able to resist the two men's touchingly ludicrous campaign to win her round?<br><br>Anne Tyler's brilliant retelling of <i>The Taming of the Shrew </i>asks whether a thoroughly modern woman like Kate would ever sacrifice herself for a man. The answer is as surprising as Kate herself.<br><br><b>**ANNE TYLER HAS SOLD OVER 8 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE**</b><br><br><b>'Anne Tyler takes the ordinary the small and makes them sing' Rachel Joyce<br><br>'She knows all the secrets of the human heart' Monica Ali </b><br><br><b>'A masterly author' Sebastian Faulks</b><br><br><b>'I love Anne Tyler. I've read every single book she's written' Jacqueline Wilson</b></p>