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

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I would like to offer my congratulations for yet another outstanding book that had me reading for almost 24 hours non-stop, often arriving at work with tired red eyes from reading into the early hours. Mrs Wilkinson and Etta develop an unshakable bond, as the filly becomes a renowned racehorse and leads Etta into the world of syndicates, racing and controversy. In recent years, she's succumbed to the lure of melodrama, and her books have become correspondingly more overblown and baggier.

Etta Bancroft- sweet, kind, still beautiful- adores racing and harbours a crush on one of its starts, the handsome high-handed owner-trainer Rupert Campbell-Black. Once again, the villagers turn out, forming a syndicate to pay her costs and reap some of the rewards. It's a sprawling tale with a huge ensemble cast, including several very familiar to fans (yes, Rupert Campbell-Black makes an appearance) and a raft of new faces, and a vast array of animals with their own distinctive character.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. Jump is totally outrageous with over the top storylines and characters and should be read with tongue firmly placed in cheek. After her rich husband dies, Etta Bancroft’s children move her from her beloved home to a grotty bungalow nearer their own homes – mostly in a plight for their own pockets. I asked one of my Goodreads friends for recommendations of a book with a woman who has a lot of hard luck and then it gets worse.

The rest, fairly fun, although the scene and issues regarding Trixie's situation were rather serious and far more damaging for being glossed over as quickly as they were, especially given her age. There were times that just hiding in the bedroom closet or not answering the phone would have seemed a more effective mode of handling things than she applied.This isn't a fault of the big cast (as Cooper has ably worked with those before), but the number of them given significant airplay in any one scene.