Bridget Jones's Diary: A Novel, Book 1The 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!" |
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... appearing anywhere this year . " -Publishers Weekly ( starred review ) " Any woman who has ever had a job , a relationship , or indeed , a mother , will read it and roar . " -The Times ( London ) " Helen Fielding is one of the funniest ...
... appearing anywhere this year . " -Publishers Weekly ( starred review ) " Any woman who has ever had a job , a relationship , or indeed , a mother , will read it and roar . " -The Times ( London ) " Helen Fielding is one of the funniest ...
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... appeared wearing suspenders and a darling little Angora crop - top , told me he was gay / a sex addict / a narcotic addict / a commitment phobic and beat me up with a dildo , " than , " Super , thanks . " Not being a natural liar , I ...
... appeared wearing suspenders and a darling little Angora crop - top , told me he was gay / a sex addict / a narcotic addict / a commitment phobic and beat me up with a dildo , " than , " Super , thanks . " Not being a natural liar , I ...
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... style person ) . Slunk into the office crippled with embarrassment about the mes- sage . I had resolved totally to detach myself from Daniel but then he appeared looking unnervingly sexy and started making everyone laugh so 25.
... style person ) . Slunk into the office crippled with embarrassment about the mes- sage . I had resolved totally to detach myself from Daniel but then he appeared looking unnervingly sexy and started making everyone laugh so 25.
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A Novel Helen Fielding. appeared looking unnervingly sexy and started making everyone laugh so that I went all to pieces . Suddenly , Message Pending flashed up on the top of my computer screen . Message Jones Thanks for your phone call ...
A Novel Helen Fielding. appeared looking unnervingly sexy and started making everyone laugh so that I went all to pieces . Suddenly , Message Pending flashed up on the top of my computer screen . Message Jones Thanks for your phone call ...
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... appeared , sat himself on the edge of my desk , with his back to Perpetua , took out his diary and murmured , " How are you fixed for Friday ? " Yessssss ! Yessssss ! FRIDAY 27 JANUARY 129 lbs . ( but stuffed with 28.
... appeared , sat himself on the edge of my desk , with his back to Perpetua , took out his diary and murmured , " How are you fixed for Friday ? " Yessssss ! Yessssss ! FRIDAY 27 JANUARY 129 lbs . ( but stuffed with 28.
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