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The iconic #1 bestseller by Helen Fielding, “Bridget Jones” is now the inspiration for “Bridget Jones's Baby”, 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.
