Bridget Jones's Diary - by Helen Fielding (Paperback)

About the Book

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.

Book Synopsis

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!"

Review Quotes

"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

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.