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So sad I’ve nearly finished last Jilly Cooper

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Mumlovesclangers Thu 07-May-26 22:26:37

Hi, I don’t post on here much but I only started reading Jilly’s books last year after watching Rivals on TV. I love them and can’t believe it’s taken me all this time to read them. I am definitely old enough and I was aware of them in the 80s but because I had read a couple of Jackie Collins books when I was 13 or 14, I thought they were more of the same judging by the covers! However I hadn’t realised how witty and funny they are. I had spent much of my younger life trying to “improve” my mind reading classic and heavy weight literature and I did enjoy that, I’ve read War and Peace about three times, but life over the last couple of years has been difficult and sad at times and I just wanted to read something that would cheer me up and escape to. So I’m nearly finished Tackle! (No spoilers please) and wondering whether Jilly’s early books that are just women’s names as the title are worth reading ? Similarly her non fiction books.