Etta has to leave the beautiful house she has shared with her husband to live in a hideous bungalow in the village of Willowwood, where straitened circumstances cause her to be at the beck and call of her grown-up children and their horrendous brats. Without a husband, friends or the home she loved, Etta's life seems bleak - until one night she comes across a terrified, horribly injured horse abandoned in the wood. Etta takes the horse home and tends her wounds, and as the horse recovers she proves herself to be a massively talented steeplechaser.By now named Mrs Wilkinson by Etta and the other adoring villagers, most of whom have rallied round to help the stricken animal, a syndicate is formed to send her to the run-down training stables of Marius Rowe, a once-successful trainer who has fallen on hard times. Before long Mrs Wilkinson becomes the darling of the racing world. Ridden fearlessly by the lovely Amber Lloyd Foxe, she starts to earn the members of the syndicate both money and fame. But darker forces are at work, especially in the shape of rival trainer Ralph Harvey-Holden whom many suspect of causing the horse's terrible injuries in the first place.A near-disaster causes Mrs Wilkinson to move to the stables of Rupert Campbell-Black, one of racing's most successful owner/trainers. Meanwhile Etta has attracted the attention of several men in the village, including Valent Edwards, wildly attractive ex-premier league footballer whose grand house marches with Etta's bungalow, and Seth Bainton, gorgeous actor of fame and notoriety.Tragedies, victories and dastardly plots uncovered come together in an enthralling climax at Aintree, where in the heady atmosphere of the Grand National Mrs Wilkinson must finally prove her worth
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cornerstone
ISBN-10
1846572487
ISBN-13
9781846572487
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94784756
Product Key Features
Book Title
JUMP!
Author
Jilly Cooper
Format
Audio CD
Language
English
Topic
Lifestyle, Books
Publication Year
2010
Run Time
415 Mins
Dimensions
Item Height
141mm
Item Width
138mm
Item Weight
177g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Jilly Cooper
Running Time
415
Read by
Samantha Bond
Prizes
Shortlisted for Galaxy National Book Awards: Sainsbury's Popular Fiction Book of the Year 2010.
