Product Description
How To Stay Married
Author(s): Jilly Cooper
Format: Paperback
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Rivals, now a major series on Disney+
'There is no one else like Cooper' — Guardian
In 1969 when Jilly Cooper, then a young Sunday Times journalist, was asked to write a book on marriage, she had been married to Leo Cooper for a mere seven years. Although the institution of marriage has changed a great deal since this book was first written, much of Jilly's advice - frank, fearless, often hilarious, but always wise - still holds good.
From the wedding and the honeymoon to life afterwards, including how to deal with the in-laws and how to tell if your other half is having an affair, she dispenses anecdotes, jokes, common sense and endless optimism and fun.
Whether you are contemplating marriage, living together, or have been married as long as Jilly and Leo were, you will find plenty of good advice and humour in How to Stay Married.
Everybody loves Jilly Cooper:
'Joyful and mischievous' — Jojo Moyes
'A delight from start to finish' — Daily Mail
'Fun, sexy and unputdownable' — Marian Keyes
'Flawlessly entertaining' — Helen Fielding
About the Author
Jilly Cooper was a journalist, author and media superstar. The author of many number one bestselling books, she lived in Gloucestershire where her groundbreaking Rutshire Chronicles series was set.
Awarded honorary doctorates by the Universities of Gloucestershire and Anglia Ruskin, she also won the inaugural Comedy Women in Print lifetime achievement award in 2019, and was appointed DBE in 2024 for services to literature and charity. She died in 2025.
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