Jump!

Another joyful and dramatic romp from Jilly Cooper, the Sunday Times bestseller

De: Jilly Cooper OBE

Narrado por: Samantha Bond

Jilly Cooper returns to horses in a fabulously entertaining romp through the world of jump racing.

Etta Bancroft - sweet, kind, still beautiful - adores racing and harbours a crush on one of its stars, the handsome, high-handed owner-trainer Rupert Campbell-Black. When her bullying husband dies, Etta's selfish, ambitious children drag her from her lovely Dorset home to live in a hideous modern bungalow in the Cotswold village of Willowwood.

Etta's life changes when, in the snow in nearby woods, she finds a horribly mutilated filly, which she names Mrs Wilkinson and nurses back to health. The filly charms everyone in the village, then tests reveal her to be a spectacularly well-bred racehorse. After a nail-biting court case, she is awarded to Etta, thus ensuring the lasting and vengeful enmity of her former trainer and owner. A village syndicate is formed to put the filly into training, consisting of a riotous mix of local characters, who set off to the races in a minibus clanking with bottles. Ridden by Rupert's delectable god-daughter, Amber, Mrs Wilkinson captivates vast crowds as she progresses from point-to-point to major races and brings fame and fortune to the syndicate, until, at last, she is entered in the Grand National.

Can she be the first mare in over fifty years, and Amber the first woman ever, to win this mighty race?
In Jump! you will meet rich, capricious owners, obsessive trainers, gallant stable lads and lasses and tough, brave jockeys; you will fall in love with the horses, and above all with Mrs Wilkinson herself - hilarious, heroic and gutsy, she will gallop into your heart forever.

Reseñas de la Crítica

Jump! is the perfect read for chilly autumn nights. Hugely entertaining, touching and funny, yet again Cooper has a winner.

The narrative zips along, pierced with her characteristically brilliant ear for dialogue and empathy for human relationships of all kinds...You won't be able to put it down once you get going.

Near-magical ability to conjure up a world and populate it with people for whom you feel a deep affection.

A classic romp through the world of horse racing. Guilty pleasures rarely come as delicious as this.

Jilly has given more pleasure to more girls and women than anyone else alive today...Cooper's familiar warmth and irrepressible humour.

A magnificent portrayal of how a beautiful young girl might become the first woman ever to win the Grand National.

Classic Cooper: either the perfect beach read or else something to curl up on the sofa with to keep out the encroaching autumn chill.

Sharp, funny and touching.

Warmed by the tender characterisation that has made Jilly Cooper a national treasure.

Just the thing for a wet winter weekend.

Really enjoyed it - wish it had gone on longer!

I have loved Jilly Cooper's books about horses since Riders started it all. This one did not disappoint! It was so much fun to get involved with all of my old favorite characters again - Rupert, Billy and now their offspring! A fun book that delivered exactly what I expected!

Avoid the abridged

A great feel good story that loses the detail by being abridged. The story skips detail and the listener is left wondering what they missed. Either buy the book or wait for the unabridged version.