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    <body><![CDATA[Sticking with the Brits, this is Fielding's first novel. Bridget Jones meets Bob Geldof, half set in London with another pretty young woman thinking herself always too fat, loving an abusive asshole, drinking a lot and freaking out about make-up and stockings and shaving, the other half with her wor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32595805">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In &quot;Cause Celeb&quot; Fielding satirizes the pretentiousness of celebrities, the not-always pure motives of humanitarians, the poetical idiosyncrasies of Africans, the tangled and futile politics of foreign aid, and the stupidity of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/419594.Certain_Women" title="Certain Women by Madeleine L'Engle">certain women</a> when it comes to relationships. <br/><br/>I en...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28260602">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5273042" title="http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5273042">http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5273...</a><br/><br/>This is the first novel by Helen Fielding of Bridget Jones fame which she wrote in 1994. Surprisingly I never read until now. It is a satirical story full of both ridiculous and tragic events about what happens when celebrity aid comes to the hel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35854500">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sometimes chic lit is all you need. Truly.<br/><br/>With this novel I did not find what Bridget Jones brings to the table, nor what (the poor man's B Jones) Jemima J. experiences in the wacky world of Hollywood. I found something a bit more serious, some sad descriptions of a famished country in A...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35708881">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you have read Fielding's  Bridget Jones books--this is nothing like them (which I see as a plus). The characters are believable, face real dilemmas, are intelligent (but human) and are interested in more than their own small problems. Sadly, Fielding has apparently decided that writing trash is m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3362761">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this up a few years back, tried to read it but never really got into it.  I picked it up recently and I love it, I finished it in under 2 days.  This is Fielding's 1st novel, before Bridget Jones made her career.  The writing style is very different, the subject matter much more serious.  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3072462">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[OK, I liked this fine enough but didn't love it. And I'll admit I listened to the audio version. I think the rit accent reading added to it too LOL  If you're looking for Bridigit Jones, this isn't it. It was a weird contrast of the London &quot;scene&quot; and draught stricken Africa which I found ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39430429">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book blew away my expectations for it.  I was expecting light and fluffy - not thought provoking.  What I got was a very well written story that offered a clear view of parts of Africa and the extreme difficulties that are faced there.  At the same time, the main character is a real woman, who ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66076682">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Rosie Richardson works at a refugee camp in Nambula, Africa, where she's been for the last four years after breaking off a toxic relationship with the famous television man Oliver Merchant in London. It took me a while to get into this book, as it couldn't decide whether it wanted to be a serious lo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25327532">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was not what I expected of it. I came to it after reading Bridget Jones's Diary and was pleasantly surprised. I was expecting a rather self-richeous main character, so it was comforting to find Fielding had created a character who was appealing and likeable. Though not as entertaining as B...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76340152">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I grabbed it as a silly quick read, judging it to be silly be by the other things the author has written (Bridget Jones). But here the really silly girly parts seem to be a counterpoint to the protagonist's journey, geographical and emotional. <br/><br/>It has some interesting fictional narrative ab...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44456112">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I actually liked this better than <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/227443.Bridget_Jones_s_Diary" title="Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding">Bridget Jones's Diary</a>. I believe it was a less-successful earlier novel that was republished after Bridget's success. The setting among relief workers in Africa is both unusual and lends a certain gravitas to what is, essentially, &quot;chick lit.&quot; But good chi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46177847">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Something about this book really got to me. Maybe it's the ex-pat angle, but I'd like to sit down with the author and talk to her about her experience. It seems impossible to me that Fielding didn't see the things she describes in this book. But most of all, I was stunned by the way she delineates t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61667818">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4529.Cause_Celeb" title="Cause Celeb by Helen Fielding">Cause Celeb</a></em> was Fielding's first novel but it didn't find a stateside publisher until <em>Bridget Jones</em> found success here.  It is a fun read, and interesting in that the reader can see Fielding developing the style and wit that she used with such success with <em>Bridget</em>.  The narrator, Rosie Richardson, w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5194013">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another book on tape that I got from the library because the pickings were slim but it pleasantly surprised me.  I would give it 3 1/2 stars if that were possible.  I've never read Bridget Jones' Diary (but did see the movie), so my expectations were not too high.  After a slow start where it seems ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34900582">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I got this book from the library because I love &quot;Bridget Jones' Diary&quot; by the same author and I was looking for something light and funny. While I found the book to be well written, it was nothing like Bridget Jones' Diary. I cried through some parts, and I found very little of the story f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78873571">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Though this may not be a popular opinion, I liked this book much more than <em>Bridget Jones</em>, mostly because the whole thing isn't focused as much on getting a man. I like that it's more about Rosie getting over some bad life choices, and finding a career that's much more satisfying and meaningful, even...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56431441">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book.  I picked it up at a thrift store and it was a good find. The story revolves around Rosie, a publicist who is disillusioned with love and life.  She goes to Africa as a relief aid worker and then comes back to England to try to raise money for the refugee camp she works a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67319067">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[boring, expected more from the author of my beloved Bridget Jones Diary. maybe she was trying to branch out her writing? hopefully she won't be trying that again. i couldn't even finish it, there it sits on the bottom of my book shelf... perhaps i'll finish it if i'm quarantined inside my apartment....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66991034">more...</a>]]></body>
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