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The sharp and gutsy debut novel from the bestselling author of Bridget Joness Diary. Disillusioned by her glitzy life in London and her desirable but cruel TV-presenter boyfriend, Rosie Richardson chucks it all in and spends four years running a refugee camp in Africa. Then famine strikes in a nearby province and an influx of starving refugees threatens to overwhelm the c The sharp and gutsy debut novel from the bestselling author of Bridget Joness Diary. Disillusioned by her glitzy life in London and her desirable but cruel TV-presenter boyfriend, Rosie Richardson chucks it all in and spends four years running a refugee camp in Africa. Then famine strikes in a nearby province and an influx of starving refugees threatens to overwhelm the camp. Frustrated by the cautious response of the aid agencies, Rosie decides on a drastic short-term solution. She returns to London, breaks back into the celebrity circuit and brings the celebs out to Africa for a star-studded TV emergency appeal. A champion first novel . . . what makes it such a pleasure to read is its variety of tone: flip, flirtatious, serious, mocking and moving . . . get hold of a copy of this book Observer A terrific achievement . . . The camp scenes are as moving and funny as the original M.A.S.H.; she sends up the self-important mediacracy with an insiders wit, and its written at a romping pace with a cliff-hanger finish Cosmopolitan Sharp, gutsy and refreshing Independent Thoughtful, ironic and completely gripping Harry Enfield A brilliantly funny satire Time Out About The Author: Helen Fielding was born in Yorkshire. She worked for many years in London as a newspaper and TV journalist, travelling as wildly and as often as possibly to Africa, India and Central America. She is the author of four novels: Cause Celeb (1994), Bridget Jones’s Diary (1996), Bridget Jones:The Edge of Reason (2000) and Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination (2003), and co-wrote the screenplays for the movie of Bridget Jones’s Diary and the sequel based on The Edge of Reason . She now works full-time as a novelist and screenwriter and lives in London and Los Angeles.

The sharp and gutsy debut novel from the bestselling author of Bridget Joness Diary. Disillusioned by her glitzy life in London and her desirable but cruel TV-presenter boyfriend, Rosie Richardson chucks it all in and spends four years running a refugee camp in Africa. Then famine strikes in a nearby province and an influx of starving refugees threatens to overwhelm the c The sharp and gutsy debut novel from the bestselling author of Bridget Joness Diary. Disillusioned by her glitzy life in London and her desirable but cruel TV-presenter boyfriend, Rosie Richardson chucks it all in and spends four years...  Read More