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, "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
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal823.9/14
SynopsisThe iconic #1 bestseller by Helen Fielding; Bridget Jones is now the inspiration for the September 2016 Working Title film release of Bridget Jones's Baby , 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 ", The #1 bestselling book that defined the 20th century--now updated for the 25th Anniversary! Meet Bridget Jones--a 30-something Singleton who is certain she would have all the answers if she could: a. lose 7 pounds b. stop smoking c. develop Inner Poise Bridget Jones's Diary is the devastatingly self-aware, laugh-out-loud daily chronicle of Bridget's permanent, doomed quest for self-improvement--a year in which she resolves to: visit the gym three times a week, not just to buy a sandwich, form a relationship with a functional adult, and learn to work the television remote. Over the course of the year, Bridget loses a total of 72 pounds but gains a total of 74. She remains, however, optimistic. Through it all, Bridget will have you helpless with laughter, and--like millions of readers the world round--you'll find yourself shouting, "Bridget Jones is me!"