Hi
Sorry about the long absence.

TheFebruary book, Stella tells me, is A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, by Marina Lewycka. I got it for Christmas and read it in a day, and handed it on to various family and friends who immediately absented themselves from company until they had finished reading it. Men and women. A top holiday read. A kind book with interesting politics and characters. Look forward to talking about it. See a review at:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Reviews/Tractors-in-Ukrainian/2005/05/19/1116361670048.html