Between the Covers

Jilly Cooper on sex, socialising and survival.

‘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.

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