You know where you are with Jilly Cooper: always going to be entertained. It was a double pleasure to be transported back to those Sunday Times columns in the era which I could identify with. A welcome, refreshing, joyous read.

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 the public eye. She came across as very likeable, as someone who would be very good company at a dinner party. It was well written and well edited. It never lagged and I didn’t find myself even once skimming or checking how much more there was left to read. I’d highly recommend it as a fun, light read, not too taxing yet enjoyable.

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 and mini cab bills, endless dinner parties (always 3 courses) and having a daily - it was a different era. Jilly’s style developed as she matured as a writer, from the rather stilted early columns to the confident, double-entendre strewn later ones. They are a love letter to her family, animals and home in Putney. It’s a quick and highly enjoyable read, fun for any Jilly Cooper fan.

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 the public eye. She came across as very likeable, as someone who would be very good company at a dinner party. It was well written and well edited. It never lagged and I didn’t find myself even once skimming or checking how much more there was left to read. I’d highly recommend it as a fun, light read, not too taxing yet enjoyable.