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Written by Helen Fielding - Audio book performed by Tracie Bennett - Abridged Fiction - Abridgment approved by Helen Fielding - 2 CASSETTES - 3 hours

Publisher, Random House Audiobooks (July 1998)

Received the coveted 'AudioFile Earphones Award' for exceptional narrative voice and style, vocal characterizations, appropriateness for audio format and enhancement of the text!

"Even men will laugh." --Salman Rushdie

"It's hard to imagine a funnier book appearing anywhere this year." --Publishers Weekly

"Helen Fielding is one of the funniest writers alive and Bridget Jones is a creation of comic genius." --Nick Hornby

"Bridget Jones's Diary has made her the best friend of hundreds of thousands of women..." --The New York Times

"Newspaper columnist Fielding's first effort, a bestseller in Britain, lives up to the hype: This year in the life of a single woman is closely observed and laugh-out-loud funny...Fielding's diarist raises prickly insecurities to an art form, turns bad men into good anecdotes, and shows that it is possible to have both a keen eye for irony and a generous heart." --Kirkus Reviews

"Thirtysomething, single Bridget Jones may qualify as the funniest fictional character published this year. Tracie Bennett's performance is worthy of a one-woman show. Her voice perfectly captures Bridget's mood as it swings ....This audio is perfect for beach listening." --Billboard

Meet Bridget Jones -- a 30-something Singleton who is certain she would have all the answers if she could:

a) lose 7 pounds
b) stop smoking
c) develop Inner Poise

Here is the laugh-out-loud daily chronicle of a hilarious year in the life of the devastatingly self-aware Bridget Jones; a year in which she resolves to: reduce the circumference of each thigh by 1 1/2 inches, visit the gym three times a week not merely to buy a sandwich, and form a functional relationship with a responsible adult.

Bridget struggles to keep her life on an even keel -- or at least afloat. Whenever her plans meet with disaster, she manages to pick herself up, go out on the town, and tell herself it will be all right in the morning, when life will definitely be different this time and totally alcohol, calorie, and perverted-misogynist free.

Bridget Jones's Diary will make you like yourself for precisely those things you're most ashamed of. And through it all, Bridget Jones will have you helpless with laughter, and shouting, "Bridget Jones is me!"

About the Author: Helen Fielding's novel Bridget Jones's Diary had its start as a weekly newspaper column. It is soon to be a major motion picture from the producers of Four Weddings and a Funeral.

About the Reader: Tracie Bennett has appeared in the films Shirley Valentine and Knights and Emerald. Her theater credits include Dead Funny and She Loves Me (Olivier Award Winner).