Between the Covers: Jilly Cooper on Sex, Socialising and Survival

by Jilly Cooper

Overview

'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, socializing, 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780552178082
Publisher:	Penguin Random House UK
Publication date:	12/01/2021
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.81(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Jilly Cooper is a journalist, author, and media superstar. The author of many number one bestselling novels, she lives in Gloucestershire with her rescue racing greyhound, Bluebell. She has been awarded honorary doctorates by the Universities of Gloucestershire and Anglia Ruskin, and won the inaugural Comedy Women in Print lifetime achievement award in 2019. She was appointed CBE in 2018 for services to literature and charity.

Table of Contents

Author's Note xi

The Young Wife's Tale 1

Losing Face 9

Disastrous Dinners 15

Favourite Fantasies 21

Embarrassing Moments 27

A Deadly Sin 33

On Being a Second Wife 39

Christmas Cards 45

Between Covers 51

On the Move 57

Here Lies Jilly Cooper 65

Waxing Lyrical 71

Scrimping and Scraping 77

Motherly Afflictions 83

Going to the Dogs 89

Carols 95

Paws 103

At Lord's 109

On Friendship 117

Middle Age 131

Sold to the Blonde … 139

Birds of a Feather 145

Guest Appearances 153

The Biggest Classroom in the World 159

Perils of a Parrot Sitter 165

Double-decker Mummies 173

Swallows and Amazons 179

Au bored de la mère 189

Heavenly Banana Skins 199

Middle-aged Wife's Tale 207

Acknowledgements 221

Editorial Reviews

"This collection of Cooper’s newspaper columns from the 60s and 70s is bitchy, saucy, insightful and, most of all, great fun." —Guardian

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