Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy: A GoodReads Reader's Choice
Oct 2013 · Sold by Vintage
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NOW A PEACOCK ORIGINAL FILM • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of the bestselling Bridget Jones's Diary comes a hilarious and heartwarming novel. Join Bridget on her journey through romantic mishaps, technological misadventures, and the joys and trials of modern motherhood as she embarks on a new chapter and learns to embrace herself.
“[Bridget's] smart, she’s funny and she makes us all feel like we’re good just the way we are.” —Jenna Bush Hager, Today
“Feels like visiting with your funniest friend.” —Entertainment Weekly
"Sharp and humorous. . . . Snappily written, observationally astute. . . . Genuinely moving.” —The New York Times Book Review
Fourteen years after landing Mark Darcy, Bridget’s life has taken her places she never expected. But despite the new challenges of single parenting, online dating and wildly morphing dress sizes, she is the same irrepressible and endearing soul we all remember—though her talent for embarrassing herself in hilarious ways has become dangerously amplified now that she has 752 Twitter followers. Bridget navigates head lice epidemics, school-picnic humiliations, cross-generational sex, and learns why one should never, ever text while drunk.
Studded with witty observations about the perils and absurdities of our times, Mad About the Boy is both outrageously comic and genuinely moving. As we watch her dealing with heartbreaking loss and rediscovering love and joy, Bridget invites us to fall for her all over again.
“[Bridget's] smart, she’s funny and she makes us all feel like we’re good just the way we are.” —Jenna Bush Hager, Today
“Feels like visiting with your funniest friend.” —Entertainment Weekly
"Sharp and humorous. . . . Snappily written, observationally astute. . . . Genuinely moving.” —The New York Times Book Review
Fourteen years after landing Mark Darcy, Bridget’s life has taken her places she never expected. But despite the new challenges of single parenting, online dating and wildly morphing dress sizes, she is the same irrepressible and endearing soul we all remember—though her talent for embarrassing herself in hilarious ways has become dangerously amplified now that she has 752 Twitter followers. Bridget navigates head lice epidemics, school-picnic humiliations, cross-generational sex, and learns why one should never, ever text while drunk.
Studded with witty observations about the perils and absurdities of our times, Mad About the Boy is both outrageously comic and genuinely moving. As we watch her dealing with heartbreaking loss and rediscovering love and joy, Bridget invites us to fall for her all over again.
NOW A PEACOCK ORIGINAL FILM • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of the bestselling Bridget Jones's Diary comes a hilarious and heartwarming novel. Join Bridget on her journey through romantic mishaps, technological misadventures, and the joys and trials of modern motherhood as she embarks on ...
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March 30, 2014
A lot of the book featured conversations that were texts or tweets... I felt a lot of the time like I was reading over somebody's cell phone than a diary. Odd way to narrate a book. However, it brought the same humor and laugh out loud awkwardness I love from this author. Even some sad cringing depth brought to the story- Fielding really brought it home this time!
Amanda Cardona
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December 25, 2013
Wasn't aware of the Mark Darcy situation when I first started reading, so was actually quite confused ! Parts of the book made me laugh aloud.... certainly some elements that made the book/character so familiar. At times the dramatic scenarios got a little redundant, but it still kept me entertained, with a smile on my face and a little sad when I finished the story. So in sum, glad I added this read to my collection.
Sara Sumner
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November 8, 2013
I had to force myself to keep reading the book as Bridget just annoyed me. I kept finding myself rolling my eyes time and time again at her childish behavior, as well as that of her friends. There was so much potential to build the character into someone who is strong, capable and able to find happiness within herself. But once again, her happily ever after only came at the hands of a man to her rescue, both emotionally and literally. Found the continuous whining and hand-wringing quite tiresome.
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About the author
Helen Fielding, a journalist and novelist, is the author of four previous novels—Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Cause Celeb, and Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination.
Helen Fielding, a journalist and novelist, is the author of four previous novels—Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Cause Celeb, and Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination.
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