HOW TO SURVIVE CHRISTMAS - Hardcover

Cooper, Jilly

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593044045 ISBN 13: 9780593044049

Publisher: Bantam Press, 1998

Synopsis

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 peke or the undesirable in-laws? Has the row about where to spend the holiday already started, and it's only August? Jilly Cooper has the answer to everything. Whether you should seek refuge in the cooking sherry or suggest a wholesome family walk, Jilly offers, in her own irrepressible style, sound but often hilarious advice about how to get through the roller-coaster ride we call Christmas. With the help of the perfect Christmas family - Scarlett O'Aga, the Xmasochistic housewife, her wayward husband Noel, his seductive mistress Ms Stress, their four delightful children Holly, Robin, Carol and Nicholas, and their dog Difficult Patch, we learn how to survive this most demanding of occasions.

About this title

About the Author

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

From the Back Cover

Has the Christmas fixtures row already started - but it's still only August? How are you going to cope with Granny's peke this year? Will your mother-in-law present you with yet another hideous jumper? And how will you survive without seeing the object of your unrequited desires for at least ten days?

Jilly Cooper has the answer to everything. Whether you should seek refuge in the cooking sherry, or suggest a wholesome family hike, Jilly offers, in her own irrepressible style, sound and often hilarious advice to us all about how to get through the roller-coaster ride we call Christmas.

She also introduces us to her perfect Christmas family: Scarlett O'Aga, an Xmasochist house-wife, her wayward husband Noel, his seductive mistress, Ms Stress, their four delightful children, Holly, Robin, Carol and Nicholas, and their dog Difficult Patch, and gives us a poignant and wholly recognizable view of how they manage to celebrate Christmas.

Whether you love Christmas or loathe it this is the ideal book for you. Jilly has captured the essence of the season's inevitable conflicts in her wildly irreverent account of the assault course most of us run each year from October to January.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593044045
• ISBN 13: 9780593044049
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176