6/8/2006 - The Edge of Reason
In this truly funny novel, Bridget Jones again recounts the ups and downs of the single life. During this period she has a somewhat steady boyfriend; however, the joys of having a man in her life are tempered by his seeming indifference to her at times. To her consternation she discovers that he is spending time with another woman. Besides the trials and tribulations of this relationship, Bridget must contend with confrontations with an obstinate boss, dealings with a weird contractor, working on her apartment, and the unpleasant experiences during the worst vacation of her life. Through it all Bridget is supported by her married and unmarried friends. Her comments, often overstated, are both harsh and humorous. Reader Tracie Bennett does an outstanding job with the characterizations of the variety of personalities, from Bridget's rather reserved boyfriend to her outspoken female acquaintances. The Edge of Reason is great entertainment and certainly worth reading. I seriously could not put it down. This is a lively and entertaining work suitable for popular fiction collections.
More about Helen Fielding. British author, born February 19, 1958 in Morley, West Yorkshire, best known as the author of the novel Bridget Jones's Diary and its sequel Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason. The Bridget Jones books had their origins in a column published in The Independent and The Daily Telegraph in 1997 and 1998. In August 2005, her weekly column was re-introduced by The Independent. A collection of the new columns is expected in late 2006. Olivia Joules and The Overactive Imagination was published in 2004, a spoof on the spy genre. Fielding graduated from St. Anne's College, University of Oxford with an English degree, and worked in television journalism for several years before writing her first novel, Cause Celeb. She was for a time the girlfriend of screenwriter Richard Curtis, who went on to write Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and the Blackadder series. The director of the film adaptation of Bridget Jones's Diary, Sharon Maguire, also appeared in the column/book as one of Bridget's friends, 'Shazzer'. Fielding also remains close friends with the writer Nick Hornby.
In 2003, she was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy.
In February 2004, she gave birth to her first child, a boy named Dashiell Michael, with longtime boyfriend Kevin Curran, a writer for The Simpsons. Their second child, a daughter, was born July 16, 2006. In the early 2000s, Fielding appeared in The Simpsons episode "A Star is Born-Again" as herself.
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