Reading Hello! magazine, she concentrates on pictures of Prince William.
Is not belief is fact.'' Yet her spirit soars with the possibility of change. Reading a self-help book, she comes across ''Feelings of unworthiness? A belief that you are unlovable?'' and quickly answers: ''Huh. Dalloway?) She knows the darkest despair. Her days are made up of glorious surges of hope followed by instant defeat or rash interpretations, or both. How can a reader not love this woman - not in spite of her faults but because of them? Bridget tries so hard. Today, better, surely, to confuse Germans by leaving signposts up?'' Later a rival suggests that Bridget believes Rimbaud was a character played by Sylvester Stallone. After a ''motorway signpost debacle,'' she muses parenthetically, ''If war And she has some knowledge of its affairs. Is not totally fair because she does know that it's in Europe. We know this because her ex-beau Daniel Cleaver says of her, ''How can you go out with someone who doesn't know where Germany is?'' This Yes, the secret Fielding's sequel reveals is this: Bridget may not be terribly bright. (Firth starred in a BBC production of ''Pride and Prejudice.'') Her non-Darcy-related questions include ''What is your favorite color?''Īnd ''Do you think the book of 'Fever Pitch' has spored a confessional gender?'' As Firth fictionally responds, ''Excuse me?'' Her career prospects brighten with the opportunity to interview the actor Colinįirth, but her Mr. Of good things about being in jail (weight loss, not spending money, restoration of natural oils to hair because of infrequent shampoos). She goes on holiday in Thailand and at one point has reason to make a list Gary the builder knocks a hole in the wall of her flat. That belongs to the parents of her potential rival, Rebecca. She soon spends a weekend at a ''country cottage'' (with stables, outbuildings, a pool and its own church) By, Bridget is already worried about losing Mark.
And her mother still seems the same too, regularly advising, ''Don't say 'What?'īut time waits for no woman, even the chronically self-monitoring. Still procrastinates madly, infers life lessons from ''Thelma and Louise'' and gets hangovers. Woman of substance.'' She still lives in fear of dying alone and ''being found three weeks later half eaten by an Alsatian,'' which is why she hates being in her 30's and single. She still begins her diary entries with her weight daily calorie, tobacco and alcohol intake and other quantitative assessments of her progress toward becoming an ''assured, receptive, responsive Many things about Bridget haven't changed. Is still great company - at least in the abstract. Said sequel, ''Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason,'' necessarily lacks the joy of discovery that accompanied the original, but its heroine Especially when it comes to ''Bridget Jones's Diary,'' Helen Fielding's fabulously best-selling novel, the one that introduced the terms ''singleton''Īnd ''smug marrieds'' into the language. Bridget was satisfied with her diet too, having gained 74 pounds during the calendar year and lost 72.Ī happy ending, however, is no excuse for forgoing a sequel. Hen last we saw Bridget Jones, she was in a suite at Hintlesham Hall with Mark Darcy, celebrating Christmas with vast quantities of Champagne and
Alcohol Units 6, Cigarettes 45, Husbands 0įebruAlcohol Units 6, Cigarettes 45, Husbands 0īridget Jones is still keeping a diary, and she still hates being a singleton.