Riders by Jilly Cooper Obe
An exploration of marriage and the rich relationship that can exist between father and daughter, The Riders is a gorgeously wrought novel from the award-winning author Tim Winton.After traveling through Europe for two years, Scully and his wife Jennifer wind up in Ireland, and on a mystical whim of Jennifer's, buy an old farmhouse which stands in the shadow of a castle. While Scully spends weeks alone renovating the old house, Jennifer returns to Australia to liquidate their assets. When Scully arrives at Shannon Airport to pick up Jennifer and their seven-year-old daughter, Billie, it is Billie who emerges--alone. There is no note, no explanation, not so much as a word from Jennifer, and the shock has left Billie speechless. In that instant, Scully's life falls to pieces. The Riders is a superbly written and a darkly haunting story of a lovesick man in a vain search for a vanished woman. It is a powerfully accurate account of marriage today, of the demons that trouble relationships, of resurrection found in the will to keep going, in the refusal to hold on, to stand still. The Riders is also a moving story about the relationship between a loving man and his tough, bright daughter.
Sex and horses: who could ask for more? * Sunday Telegraph *
‘Fun, sexy and unputdownable – a classic’ * Marian Keyes *
Joyful and mischievousI know of no woman my age who won't admit that Rupert Campbell-Black nearly ruined them for other men for life . . . * Jojo Moyes *
Jilly Cooper is the funniest and the sharpest writer there is. A heroine, an influence and a legend to half my generation of female authors (the fun half) * Jenny Colgan *
Jilly Cooper’s writing is hilarious, witty, wise, astute, flawlessly entertaining and a celebration of all that is the most fun about being British * Helen Fielding, author of BRIDGET JONES DIARY *
Exhilarating, irresistible and one of our nation’s most beloved novels. If you’re about to read Riders for the first time, you’re in for a joyous experience! * Jill Mansell *
It's all here: swooning romance, skulduggery in the stables and, yes, bonking; all set in the Cotswold countryside. Tally ho! * Elle *
Blockbusting fiction at its best * Mail on Sunday *
I defy anyone not to enjoy her book. It is a delight from start to finish -- Auberon Waugh * Daily Mail *
Has any book of the past 70 years given as much pleasure as Cooper's rumpy-pumpy, show-jumping classis? * The Times *
‘Fun, sexy and unputdownable – a classic’ * Marian Keyes *
Joyful and mischievousI know of no woman my age who won't admit that Rupert Campbell-Black nearly ruined them for other men for life . . . * Jojo Moyes *
Jilly Cooper is the funniest and the sharpest writer there is. A heroine, an influence and a legend to half my generation of female authors (the fun half) * Jenny Colgan *
Jilly Cooper’s writing is hilarious, witty, wise, astute, flawlessly entertaining and a celebration of all that is the most fun about being British * Helen Fielding, author of BRIDGET JONES DIARY *
Exhilarating, irresistible and one of our nation’s most beloved novels. If you’re about to read Riders for the first time, you’re in for a joyous experience! * Jill Mansell *
It's all here: swooning romance, skulduggery in the stables and, yes, bonking; all set in the Cotswold countryside. Tally ho! * Elle *
Blockbusting fiction at its best * Mail on Sunday *
I defy anyone not to enjoy her book. It is a delight from start to finish -- Auberon Waugh * Daily Mail *
Has any book of the past 70 years given as much pleasure as Cooper's rumpy-pumpy, show-jumping classis? * The Times *
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.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780552172424 |
| ISBN 10 | 0552172421 |
| Title | Riders |
| Author | Jilly Cooper Obe |
| Series | Rutshire Chronicles |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2015-06-04 |
| Number of pages | 928 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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