DescriptionCertainly not! said Marie Sharp, when a friend suggests she join a bookclub when she turns 60. "Bookclub people always seem to have to wade through Captain Corelli's Mandolin or, groan, The God of Small Things . They feel they've forever got…
DescriptionThe Wilderness Years are over. But not for long. At the end of Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget hiccuped off into the sunset with man-of-her-dreams Mark Darcy. Now, in The Edge of Reason, she discovers what it is like when you have the man of your dreams actually in your flat and he hasn't done the washing-up, not just the whole of this week, but ever. Lurching through a morass of self-help-book theories and mad advice from Jude and Shazzer, struggling with a boyfriend-stealing ex-friend with thighs like a baby giraffe, an eight-foot hole in the living-room wall, a mother obsessed with boiled-egg peelers, and a builder obsessed with large reservoir fish, Bridget embarks on a spiritual epiphany. Bridget is back.
DescriptionA dazzling urban satire of modern human relations? An ironic, tragic insight into the demise of the nuclear family? Or the confused ramblings of a pissed 30-something?
DescriptionNo one captures the comical absurdity of teenage angst better than #1 New York Times best-selling author Louise Rennison. Her tales featuring the self-obsessed yet irresistibly lovable Georgia Nicholson are an international sensation and have been called Bridget Jones's Diary for teens. Georgia's parents are planning a trip to Hamburger-a-go-go land (America), which Georgia thinks is an idea of true fabulosity. Masimo, the Italian rock 'n' roll singer and Luuurve God of the Universe, is also stateside. Of course, America is rather big, and Georgia doesn't exactly know where Masimo is. It will take true sex-kitten composure for her to land her man, and composure is hardly her strong suit. With more hilariosity than a bobby can shake a truncheon at, Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers is sure to please.
DescriptionSeveral things about 14-year-old Georgia Nicolson's life are very wrong. Her bedroom smells like her little sister probably peed somewhere, but she can?t find where. Angus, her enormous cat, keeps terrorizing Mrs. Next Door's poodle. Dad's gone off to loo…
