Bridget Jones's Diary is the devastatingly self-aware, laugh-out-loud account of a year in the life of a thirty-something Singleton on a permanent doomed quest for self-improvement. Caught between the joys of Singleton fun, and the fear of dying alone and being found three weeks later half eaten by an Alsatian; tortured by Smug Married friends asking, "How's your love life" with lascivious, yet patronizing leers, Bridget resolves to reduce the circumference of each thigh by 1.5 inches, visit the gym three times a week not just to buy a sandwich, form a functional relationship with a responsible adult and learn to program the VCR. With a blend of flighty charm, existential gloom, and endearing self-deprecation, the diary has touched a raw nerve with millions of readers the world round. Read it, laugh and crash your head onto the table before you cry, "Bridget Jones is me!"

New Year's Resolutions

JANUARY An Exceptionally Bad Start

FEBRUARY Valentine's Day Massacre

MARCH Severe Birthday-Related Thirties Panic

APRIL Inner Poise

MAY Mother-to-Be

JUNE Hah! Boyfriend

JULY Huh

AUGUST Disintegration

SEPTEMBER Up The Fireman's Pole

OCTOBER Date with Darcy

NOVEMBER A Criminal in the Family

DECEMBER Oh, Christ