Bridget Jones's Diary
Helen Fielding
(Author)
Description
The iconic #1 bestseller by Helen Fielding and basis for the films starring Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey and Emma Thompson. Bridget Jones's Diary is the devastatingly self-aware, laugh-out-loud account of a year in the life of a thirty-something Singleton on a permanent doomed quest for self-improvement. Caught between the joys of Singleton fun, and the fear of dying alone and being found three weeks later half eaten by an Alsatian; tortured by Smug Married friends asking, "How's your love life?" with lascivious, yet patronizing leers, Bridget resolves to: reduce the circumference of each thigh by 1.5 inches, visit the gym three times a week not just to buy a sandwich, form a functional relationship with a responsible adult and learn to program the VCR. With a blend of flighty charm, existential gloom, and endearing self-deprecation, Bridget Jones's Diary has touched a raw nerve with millions of readers the world round. Read it and laugh--before you cry, "Bridget Jones is me!"
Product Details
Price
$18.00
$16.74
Publisher
Penguin Books
Publish Date
June 01, 1999
Pages
336
Dimensions
5.08 X 7.98 X 0.56 inches | 0.44 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780140280098
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About the Author
Helen Fielding is a novelist and screenwriter best known as the creator of Bridget Jones. She is the author of the multi-million selling novels, Bridget Jones' Diary, Bridget Jones: the Edge of Reason, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy and Bridget Jones's Baby, and co-writer of the screenplays of the Bridget Jones movies. She worked for many years for the BBC and as a journalist for British newspapers including the Independent, Sunday Times, Times, and Daily Telegraph. In a survey conducted by The Guardian newspaper, Bridget Jones's Diary was named as one of the ten novels that best defined the 20th century.
Reviews
"Screamingly funny!"
--USA Today "Bridget Jones is channeling something so universal and (horrifyingly) familiar that readers will giggle and sigh with collective delight."
--Elle "Fielding . . . has rummaged all too knowingly through the bedrooms, closets, hearts, and minds of women everywhere."
--Glamour "Hilarious and poignant."
--The Washington Post "Bridget Jones's diary has made her the best friend of hundreds of thousands of women."
--The New York Times "A brilliant comic creation. Even men will laugh."
--Salman Rushdie
--USA Today "Bridget Jones is channeling something so universal and (horrifyingly) familiar that readers will giggle and sigh with collective delight."
--Elle "Fielding . . . has rummaged all too knowingly through the bedrooms, closets, hearts, and minds of women everywhere."
--Glamour "Hilarious and poignant."
--The Washington Post "Bridget Jones's diary has made her the best friend of hundreds of thousands of women."
--The New York Times "A brilliant comic creation. Even men will laugh."
--Salman Rushdie
