The Common Years - Couverture souple

Cooper, Jilly

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0413574903 ISBN 13 : 9780413574909

Editeur : Methuen Publishing Ltd, 1985

Synopsis

Jilly Cooper's diary entries covering ten years spent living at the edge of Putney Common.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

During the ten years she lived at the edge of Putney Common Jilly Cooper walked daily on this expanse of green. For most of the time she lived there she kept a diary, noting the effects of the changing seasons and writing about her encounters with dogs and humans. The book is a distillation of those diaries: an affectionate and enthralling portrait - warts and all - of life on Putney Common. Never has Jilly Cooper written more lyrically about flowers, trees, birds and the natural world; more tellingly about the sorrows - as well as the joys - of caring for dogs and children; or more outrageously about the gossip, illicit romances and jealousies of life in a small community.

Revue de presse

"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)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Methuen Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1985
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0413574903
• ISBN 13: 9780413574909
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible