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Sue Kittow's avatar

I read all Jilly Cooper's books, more than once, including the early ones - Emily, Harriet etc. which contained sentences which would horrify younger readers such as, "she was like scrambled egg: easy to make and impossible to get rid of afterwards" - ouch, but such clever characterisation. I envy you a whole day with Jilly Cooper - a heroine for those of us of a certain age, and what a role model - still bestselling author at 86 (I think?)

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Raffaella  Barker's avatar

Cannot wait for Rivals - just in the mood for some vintage Jilly Cooper ...the chintz beauty of her landscapes, the careless glamour of everyone, the nobility and naughtiness of all dogs..and the ricochet of jokes - filthy and not - puns to the fore - falling on every page and reminding us that we don't always have to take life too seriously..thank you for preview words xxx

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Lucy Johnson's avatar

Same here...!!!

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Francesca Bossert's avatar

I can't wait to watch Rivals! I grew up with Jilly Cooper, and what fun those books are! Like you, I enjoyed Nobody Wants This, I just found it entertaining and some of the banter was great. I didn't think beyond the fun of it. Thanks for this!

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Katie Lee / KJ Lyttleton's avatar

That is a truly excellent photo with Jilly. The dogs are perfect. What an experience!

We loved Ludwig, although I would pay to see David Mitchell critique the plot of each episode afterwards. Bring back dvd commentaries!

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Sara's avatar

So excited to see this show! Sounds right up my street

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Jen Baxter ✒️'s avatar

Looking forward to watching Rivals & I'm American 🇺🇸- but have a bit of British education in the 90's. So I'm interested to see how entertaining I find it. I thought her books were entertaining and fun.

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Jill Mansell's avatar

I also treasure my small collection of fiendishly illegible cards from Jilly. Can’t wait to see Rivals. X

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Jojo Moyes's avatar

'fiendishly illegible" is perfect Jill x

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Victoria Williamson's avatar

I too loved Jilly Cooper as a teenager, Riders, Rivals, Polo(?). I used to call books by her and Jackie Collins and Erin Pizzey and Shirley Conran 'trash', as compared with the serious literary books I was also reading (Hardy, Fowles) and yet I devoured them, and Jilly was the Queen, the quality of her writing easily matching some of those earnest men. I loved the way everyone always got what they deserved - the quiet shy girl (me) got the gorgeous guy and the bastard some kind of comeuppance. One day in the future she will be revered like Austen I suspect, maybe that day is coming soon!

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