Bridget terminology has slipped into common parlance. She is still on superb form" Observer "Funnier and more accomplished than the original diary, and in fact takes recognition humour into a new dimension. A glorious read, and there is a laugh on every page" Sunday Times. But for how long? Bridget's second diary takes us through a year that begins with man-of-her-dreams Mark Darcy who never does the washing up and lurches onwards through a sea of self-help books and lunatic advice from her mad friends.
Struggling with the challenges of a boyfriend-stealing beauty, an eight-foot hole in the wall and a builder obsessed with large reservoir fish, Bridget decides it's time for a spiritual epiphany. And so she departs Notting Hill for the sparkling shores of Thailand A dazzling urban satire of modern relationships? An ironic, tragic insight into the demise of the nuclear family?
Or the confused ramblings of a pissed thirty-something? As Bridget documents her struggles through the social minefield of her thirties and tries to weigh up the eternal question Daniel Cleaver or Mark Darcy? A number-one bestseller, Helen Fielding's book has sold over fifteen million copies worldwide and has been turned into an Academy Award-nominated film starring Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth and Hugh Grant.
The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. See the very best of literature in a whole new light with BrightSummaries. Score: 5. From Salman Rushdie to John Grisham, Crace retells the big books in just bitingly satirical words, pointing his pen at the clunky plots, stylistic tics and pretensions to Big Ideas, as he turns publishers golden dream books into dross.
In the grand tradition of Tom Lehrer and Stan Freberg, Crace takes the books that produce the most media hype and retells each story in its authors inimitable style.
Byatt, John LeCarre, Michael Crichton and Ian McEwan all emerge delightfully scathed in this book that makes it easy to talk knowingly about books youve never bothered to read or, for that matter, should have. Now, Fielding gives us a sensational new heroine for a new era Move over , a stunning, sexy-and decidedly female-new player has entered the world of international espionage. How could a girl not be drawn to the alluring, powerful Pierre Ferramo-he of the hooded eyes, impeccable taste, unimaginable wealth, exotic international homes, and dubious French accent?
Join Olivia in her heart-stopping, hilarious, nerve-frazzling quest from hip hotel to eco-lodge to underwater cave, by light aircraft, speedboat, helicopter, and horse, in this witty, contemporary, and utterly unputdownable novel deluxe.
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 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! Originally published in , 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to you, My Lad' ranks amongst his best and most underrated tales. 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! QPB Alt. Monday 27 January " a. The wilderness years are over. For four weeks and five days now have been in functional relationship with adult male, thereby proving am not love pariah as recently feared.
Am assured, receptive, responsive woman of substance. My sense of self comes not from other people but. That can't be right. Realize there have been so many times in my life when have fantasized about going to a scan with Mark or Daniel: just not both at the same time. Before motherhood, before marriage, Bridget with biological clock ticking very, very loudly, finds herself unexpectedly pregnant at the eleventh hour: a joyful pregnancy which is dominated, however, by a crucial but terribly awkward question — who is the father?
Mark Darcy: honourable, decent, notable human rights lawyer?
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