Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

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.

Helen Fielding, a journalist and a novelist, is the author of Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, and Cause Celeb, which together have sold over fifteen million copies in thirty-five countries. Her newest novel, Olivia Joules, is available from Viking. Bridget Jones's Diary became a hit movie, cowritten and executive produced by Helen Fielding. The movie version of Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is scheduled for late 2004. She lives in London and Los Angeles.