Between the Covers
Jilly Cooper on sex, socialising and survival
Published on 2. September 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-552-17808-2 (ISBN)
Description
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Rivals, now a major series on Disney+
'No one else can make me laugh and cry quite like Jilly Cooper.' Gill Sims
'Jilly Cooper's non-fiction is just as entertaining as her novels.' Pandora Sykes
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'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.
Praise for Jilly Cooper:
'Joyful and mischievous' Jojo Moyes
'Fun, sexy and unputdownable' Marian Keyes
'Flawlessly entertaining' Helen Fielding
'No one else can make me laugh and cry quite like Jilly Cooper.' Gill Sims
'Jilly Cooper's non-fiction is just as entertaining as her novels.' Pandora Sykes
____________________
'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.
Praise for Jilly Cooper:
'Joyful and mischievous' Jojo Moyes
'Fun, sexy and unputdownable' Marian Keyes
'Flawlessly entertaining' Helen Fielding
Reviews / Votes
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 * There are so many lifestyle columnists today, you forget that Cooper did it first and did it best * The Telegraph * A collection of Jilly Cooper's vintage newspaper columns is bitchy, sexy, insightful and, most of all, great fun * Observer * She is simply a legend * Daily Mail * This [is an] enjoyable collection of typically candid, irreverent and self-deprecating observations * Choice Magazine *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 193 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
160 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-552-17808-2 (9780552178082)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
10/2020
1st Edition
Transworld Digital
€8.49
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Person
Jilly Cooper was a journalist, author and media superstar. The author of many number one bestselling books, she lived in Gloucestershire where her groundbreaking Rutshire Chronicles series was set.
Awarded honorary doctorates by the Universities of Gloucestershire and Anglia Ruskin, she also won the inaugural Comedy Women in Print lifetime achievement award in 2019, and was appointed DBE in 2024 for services to literature and charity. She died in 2025.
Awarded honorary doctorates by the Universities of Gloucestershire and Anglia Ruskin, she also won the inaugural Comedy Women in Print lifetime achievement award in 2019, and was appointed DBE in 2024 for services to literature and charity. She died in 2025.