Jump! by Jilly Cooper Obe
Etta Bancroft - sweet, kind, still beautiful - adores racing and harbours a crush on one of its stars, the handsome high-handed owner-trainer Rupert Campbell-Black. The filly charms everyone in the village, and when tests reveal her to be a spectacularly well-bred racehorse a village syndicate is formed to put the filly into training.
Jump! is the perfect read for chilly autumn nightsHugely entertaining, touching and funny, yet again Cooper has a winner * Daily Express *
This is definitely the most exciting book that landed on my doormat this year. Cooper is a major genius... the narrative zips along, pierced with her characteristically brilliant ear for dialogue and empathy for human relationships of all kinds. You won't be able to put it down -- Sara Lawrence * Daily Mail *
Near-magical ability to conjure up a world and populate it with people for whom you feel a deep affection * Observer *
To read one of Cooper's books is to escape into an alternative universe in which all is right with the world * Guardian *
A fast-paced and enjoyable read * Sun *
This is definitely the most exciting book that landed on my doormat this year. Cooper is a major genius... the narrative zips along, pierced with her characteristically brilliant ear for dialogue and empathy for human relationships of all kinds. You won't be able to put it down -- Sara Lawrence * Daily Mail *
Near-magical ability to conjure up a world and populate it with people for whom you feel a deep affection * Observer *
To read one of Cooper's books is to escape into an alternative universe in which all is right with the world * Guardian *
A fast-paced and enjoyable read * Sun *
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780552157803 |
| ISBN 10 | 0552157805 |
| Title | Jump! |
| Author | Jilly Cooper |
| Series | Rutshire Chronicles |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2011-04-28 |
| Number of pages | 928 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Galaxy National Book Awards: Sainsbury's Popular Fiction Book of the Year 2010 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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