内容简介
InthecourseoftheyearrecordedinBridgetJones'sDiary,Bridgetconfidesherhopes,herdreams,andhermonstrouslyfluctuatingpoundage,nottomentionherconsumptionof5277cigarettesand"Fatunits3457(approx.)(hideousineveryway)."In365days,shegains74pounds.Ontheotherhand,sheloses72!ThereisalsotheunspokenNewYear'sresolution--thequestfortherightman.Alas,hereBridgetgoesseverelyoffcoursewhenshehasanaffairwithhercharmingcadofaboss.Butwhowouldbewithouttheire-mailflirtationfocusedonashortblackskirt?Thebossevencontendsthatitissoshortastobenonexistent.
作者简介
HelenElizabethFielding(bornFebruary19,1958inMorley,WestYorkshire)isanEnglishauthor,bestknownastheauthorofthenovelBridgetJones'sDiary(winnerofthe1998BritishBookoftheYearaward)anditssequelBridgetJones:TheEdgeOfReason.TheBridgetJonesbookshadtheiroriginsinacolumnpublishedinTheIndependentandTheDailyTelegraphin1997and1998.InAugust2005,herweeklycolumn,inwhichBridgetfallspregnant,wasre-introducedbyTheIndependent.Acollectionofthenewcolumnsisexpectedinlate2006.OliviaJoulesandTheOveractiveImaginationwaspublishedin2004,aspoofonthespygenre.Inherearlyyears,sheattendedWakefieldGirlsHighSchoolinWakefield,England.FieldinggraduatedfromSt.Anne'sCollege,UniversityofOxfordwithanEnglishdegree,andworkedintelevisionjournalismforseveralyears,includingastintasaresearcheronNoelEdmonds'sTheLate,LateBreakfastShowinthemid-1980s,[1]beforewritingherfirstnovel,CauseCeleb.ShewasforatimethegirlfriendofscreenwriterRichardCurtis,whowentontowriteFourWeddingsandaFuneral,NottingHillandtheBlackadderseries.ThedirectorofthefilmadaptationofBridgetJones'sDiary,SharonMaguire,alsoappearedinthecolumn/bookasoneofBridget'sfriends,'Shazzer'.FieldingalsoremainsclosefriendswiththewriterNickHornby.In2003,shewaslistedinTheObserverasoneofthe50funniestactsinBritishcomedy.InFebruary2004,shegavebirthtoherfirstchild,aboynamedDashiellMichael,withlongtimeboyfriendKevinCurran,awriterforTheSimpsons.Theirsecondchild,adaughter,wasbornJuly16,2006.Intheearly2000s,FieldingappearedinTheSimpsonsepisode"AStarIsBorn-Again"asherself.In2005,sheresumedherBridgetJonescolumnattheIndependent.Bridgetbecomespregnantandhasababyinthisseries,butloveandcommitmentremainelusive.
