Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason A Novel [Paperback]

With another devastatingly hilarious, ridiculous, unnervingly accurate take on modern womanhood, Bridget Jones is back. (v.g.)

Monday 27 January

7:15 a.m. Hurrah! 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.

Wednesday 5 March

7:08 p.m. Am assured, receptive, responsive woman of substance. My sense of self comes not from other people but . . .from . . .myself? That can't be right.

Lurching from the cappuccino bars of Notting Hill to the blissed-out shores of Thailand, everyone's favorite Singleton Bridget Jones begins her search for The Truth in spite of pathetically unevolved men, insane dating theories, and Smug Married advice. She experiences a zeitgeist-esque Spiritual Epiphany somewhere between the pages of How to Find the Love You Want Without Seeking It (can self-help books really help self?), protective custody, and a lightly chilled Chardonnay.

One of the most enchanting heroines to ever overdraw her bank account. --USA Today

Glorious . . . a sequel that outshines its predecessor. --San Francisco Chronicle

Bridget Jones is a joy and comfort, and Helen Fielding is bloody great. --Mademoiselle

Helen Fielding, a journalist and a novelist, is the author of three previous novels,Bridget Jones’s Diary,Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, andCause Celeb. She also co-wrote the screenplays for the movie ofBridget Jones’s Diaryand the forthcoming sequel based onBridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.From Chapter 1

Happily Ever After

Monday 27 January

129ibs. (total fat groove), boyfriends 1 (hurrah!), shags 3 (hurrah!), calories 2,100, calories used up by shags 600, so total calories 1,500 (exemplary).

7.15 a.m. Hurrah! The wilderness years are over. For four weeks and five daysl“)