When Helen Fielding’s third Bridget Jones novel launched on a Super Thursday in the United Kingdom last month it sold more than 46,000 copies in just one day.
That’s an indication of how eager the public were to read Bridget Jones: Mad about the Boy which brings back an older, but perhaps no wiser, Bridget Jones.
Now 51, widowed with two young children and coming to grips with a new technological era, Bridget faces a few rather pressing questions in this highly anticipated novel.
When Helen Fielding’s third Bridget Jones novel launched on a Super Thursday in the United Kingdom last month it sold more than 46,000 copies in just one day.
That’s an indication of how eager the public were to read Bridget Jones: Mad about the Boy which brings back an older, but perhaps no wiser, Bridget Jones.
Now 51, widowed with two young children and coming to grips with a new technological era, Bridget faces a few rather pressing questions in this highly anticipated novel.
For example, what do you do when your girlfriend’s 6oth birthday party is the same day as your boyfriend’s 30th? Is it wrong to lie about your age when online dating? Is it better to die of Botox or die of loneliness because you’re so wrinkly? Is sleeping with someone after two dates and six weeks of texting the same as getting married after two meetings and six months of letter writing in Jane Austen’s day?Pondering these and other dilemmas, Bridget stumbles through the challenges of loss, single motherhood, tweeting, texting, technology, and rediscovering her sexuality in middle age.
In introducing readers to an enticing new phase in the life of Bridget Jones, Helen Fielding includes more of the embarrassing moments Bridget is known for, all of which should give readers a good laugh as they relax after Christmas.
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Bridget Jones: Mad about The Boy
By Helen Fielding
Random House, RRP $36.99