
Bridget Jones's Diary
A Novel
- Who it’s for
- Readers who enjoy laugh-out-loud chronicles of self-improvement
- Themes
- Self-improvement, Optimism, Romantic relationships
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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
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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!”
Publisher details
Publisher categories
- Funny Fiction
- Romantic Comedy
- Women's Fiction
- Authors
- Helen Fielding
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- June 1, 1999
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Funny Fiction