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 8
... look like some sort of Mary Poppins person who's fallen on hard times . Just a little compact case with a pull - out handle . It's amazing how much you can get in . Do you want it in navy on red or red on navy ? " " Mum . It's eight ...
... look like some sort of Mary Poppins person who's fallen on hard times . Just a little compact case with a pull - out handle . It's amazing how much you can get in . Do you want it in navy on red or red on navy ? " " Mum . It's eight ...
Page 19
... look- ing panic - stricken , rushed back , to continue his fuckwittage unrumbled . Eventually the three of us worked out a strategy for Jude . She must stop beating herself over the head with Women Who Love Too Much and instead think ...
... look- ing panic - stricken , rushed back , to continue his fuckwittage unrumbled . Eventually the three of us worked out a strategy for Jude . She must stop beating herself over the head with Women Who Love Too Much and instead think ...
Page 21
... look when walked past . Aha . Ahahahaha . Message Pending : Message Jones If walking past office was attempt to demon- strate presence of skirt can only say that it has failed parlously . Skirt is indisputably ab- sent . Is skirt off ...
... look when walked past . Aha . Ahahahaha . Message Pending : Message Jones If walking past office was attempt to demon- strate presence of skirt can only say that it has failed parlously . Skirt is indisputably ab- sent . Is skirt off ...
Page 23
... look at my skirt with one eye- brow raised . Love the lovely computer messaging . Must work on spelling , though . After all , have degree in English . FRIDAY 6 JANUARY 5:45 p.m. Could not be more joyous . Computer messaging re ...
... look at my skirt with one eye- brow raised . Love the lovely computer messaging . Must work on spelling , though . After all , have degree in English . FRIDAY 6 JANUARY 5:45 p.m. Could not be more joyous . Computer messaging re ...
Page 26
... look around the office as we all tap away and wonder if anyone is doing any work at all . ( Is it just me or is Sunday a bizarre night for a first date ? All wrong , like Saturday morning or Monday at 2 p.m. ) SUNDAY 15 JANUARY 126 lbs ...
... look around the office as we all tap away and wonder if anyone is doing any work at all . ( Is it just me or is Sunday a bizarre night for a first date ? All wrong , like Saturday morning or Monday at 2 p.m. ) SUNDAY 15 JANUARY 126 lbs ...
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