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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Page 10
... married people understand that this is no longer a polite question to ask ? We wouldn't rush up to them and roar , " How's your marriage going ? Still having sex ? " Everyone knows that dating in your thirties is not the happy - go ...
... married people understand that this is no longer a polite question to ask ? We wouldn't rush up to them and roar , " How's your marriage going ? Still having sex ? " Everyone knows that dating in your thirties is not the happy - go ...
Page 11
... married ? " roared Brian Enderby ( married to Mavis , used to be president of the Rotary in Kettering ) , waving his sherry in the air . Fortunately my dad rescued me . " I'm very pleased to see you , Bridget , " he said , taking my arm ...
... married ? " roared Brian Enderby ( married to Mavis , used to be president of the Rotary in Kettering ) , waving his sherry in the air . Fortunately my dad rescued me . " I'm very pleased to see you , Bridget , " he said , taking my arm ...
Page 14
... married . She repulses men . " The worst of it was that Una Alconbury and Mum wouldn't leave it at that . They kept making me walk round with trays of gherkins and glasses of cream sherry in a desperate bid to throw me into Mark Darcy's ...
... married . She repulses men . " The worst of it was that Una Alconbury and Mum wouldn't leave it at that . They kept making me walk round with trays of gherkins and glasses of cream sherry in a desperate bid to throw me into Mark Darcy's ...
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... marriage , only to find him ducking out three weeks after she suc- cumbed and repeating the whole process with her best friend . " We women are only vulnerable because we are a pioneer gen- eration daring to refuse to compromise in love ...
... marriage , only to find him ducking out three weeks after she suc- cumbed and repeating the whole process with her best friend . " We women are only vulnerable because we are a pioneer gen- eration daring to refuse to compromise in love ...
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