Helen Fielding's third instalment, which started with Bridget as a 30-something singleton based in London, takes her into a new era of texting, tweeting, skinny jeans, single motherhood and ''middle-age'' dating.
There is no Mark Darcy. Fielding killed him off and left Bridget grappling with their two children's milestones without him, while, as the book's blurb politely says, ''rediscovering her sexuality''.
Fending off guilt about cheating on Mark, she dives into the dating world via internet, twitter and texting with often amusing results, leading to dating rule number one: ''Do not text when drunk.''
Yes, the calorie count is still there but the big-knickers references have been replaced by a black La Perla slip.
Like the 1990s Bridget Jones instalments, this book has aspects which many can identify with and doesn't fail to bring a smile to your face.
- Rebecca Fox is an ODT Dunedin reporter.
