Curl up this festive season with this witty and irreverent guide to navigating the chaos of Christmas - the perfect gift for fans of the legendary Jilly Cooper!

Curl up this festive season with this witty and irreverent guide to navigating the chaos of Christmas - the perfect gift for fans of the legendary Jilly Cooper!

'A magnificent storyteller'* Guardian *

'Few writers have brought such joyto the nation'* Harper's Bazaar ‘Jilly Cooper's* non-fiction is just as entertaining as her novels’Pandora Sykes ‘Being prepared is the secret to a more harmonious Christmas. If Joseph had booked a room in advance, Jesus would not have been born in a stable.’

** Christmas is looming.**Will your mother-in-law present you with yet another hideous jersey this year? How are you going to cope with Granny's dog or the ghastly in-laws? Has the row about where to spend the holiday already started, though summer is not yet a distant memory?

Never fear: Jilly Cooper has the answer to everything.

Whether you should seek refuge in the cooking sherry or suggest a wholesome family walk, Jilly offers sound but often hilarious advice about how to get through the roller-coaster ride that is the festive season.

Praise for the legendary Jilly Cooper:

'Cooper wasa master at serving relatability[...]. She majored on joy, pleasure, tenderness, and romance'* The Standard 'There is* no one else like Cooper'** Guardian

'The queen of glamorous escapism'* Woman & Home 'Thefunniest and sharpest writerthere is' Jenny Colgan, bestselling author of The Christmas Bookshop 'Jilly Cooper is* the very best'** Daily Mail

'Hilarious , witty, wise, astute [and] flawlessly entertaining'Helen Fielding, bestselling author of Bridget Jones’s Diary ‘Jilly is a genius’Clare Pooley, bestselling author of The Authenticity Project *‘No one else canmake me laugh and cry*, sometimes at the same time, quite like Jilly Cooper’ Gill Sims, bestselling author of* Why Mummy Drinks Jilly Cooper, Sunday Times * bestseller, May 2024