The Common years - Hardcover

Cooper, Jilly

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0413480100 ISBN 13: 9780413480101

Publisher: Methuen, 1984

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A distillation of diaries compiled when the author lived beside Putney Common. They note the changing seasons and her encounters with dogs and their owners, and offer a portrait of life in a small community which combines the splendours of nature with gossip, illicit romances and jealousies.

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About the Author:

Jilly Cooper is a well-known journalist, writer and media superstar.The author of many number one bestselling novels, including Riders, Rivals, Polo, The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous, Appassionata, Score!,Pandora, and Wicked!, she and her husband live in Gloucestershire. Jilly Cooper was appointed OBE in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours List.

Review:

"Miss Cooper's life is a curiously endearing mixture of Joyce Grenfell and August Strindberg - endlessly gracious neighbourly occasions undercut and made bearable by a home life of wonderfully chaotic neurosis and catastrophes - highlighted by sudden and marvellous insights into neighbours and former friends" -- Sheridan Morley "An entrancing book" -- Lynda Lee-Potter * Daily Mail * "A brilliant and beloved book and absolutely unputdownable" -- Elizabeth Longford "So observant... a delightful book" -- Valerie Singleton * Daily Express *

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