From reminiscing about the terrible dinner parties of her youth to the trials and errors of adulting, this mischievous collection of journalism is a nostalgic sweep through the life and career of the legendary Jilly Cooper.
One truth I have learnt, as middle age enmeshes me like Virginia creeper, is that I shall never change-because my capacity for self-improvement is absolutely nil.
Jilly Cooper's observations from her days as a much-loved newspaper columnist cover everything to do with sex, socialising and survival - from marriage, friendship and the minutiae of family life, to the tedium of going to visit people for the weekend, the stress of hosting dinner parties and the descent of middle age.
Entertaining and full of heart, this classic collection of journalism from the legendary author explores the highs and lows of everyday life with wit, wisdom and warmth.
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 9780552178082
Number of pages: 240
Weight: 168 g
Dimensions: 198 x 127 x 15 mm
What better gift to give for Christmas than this wonderfully irreverent collection of the great Jilly Cooper's columns from the 60s? - i newspaper
No one else can make me laugh and cry, sometimes at the same time, quite like Jilly Cooper - Gill Sims
Jilly Cooper's non-fiction is just as entertaining as her novels - Pandora Sykes
This book has given me so much pleasure - Alan Titchmarsh
Britain needs this jolly Jilly Cooper collection...Line after line, anecdote after anecdote is laugh-out-loud funny, the prose bouncing along like a labrador puppy - The Times
I really enjoyed this read. It was fun, frank and real. I felt she didn’t hold back and gave us, the readers and general public an honest account of what it was like to walk in her shoes, lead her life and exist in... More
A nostalgic delight! I grew up reading Jilly Cooper and remember her columns from my parents’ copy of the Sunday Times.
I was lovely to revisit them and be amazed how the world has moved on! Monthly off licence...
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I really enjoyed this read. It was fun, frank and real. I felt she didn’t hold back and gave us, the readers and general public an honest account of what it was like to walk in her shoes, lead her life and exist in... More
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