Bridget Jones's Baby

The Diaries

By: Helen Fielding

Narrated by: Morwenna Banks

Bridget Jones, beloved Singleton and global phenomenon, is back with a bump in Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries.

8:45 P.M. Realize there have been so many times in my life when have fantasized about going to a scan with Mark or Daniel: just not both at the same time.

Before motherhood, before marriage, Bridget with biological clock ticking very, very loudly, finds herself unexpectedly pregnant at the eleventh hour: a joyful pregnancy which is dominated, however, by a crucial but terribly awkward question – who is the father? Mark Darcy: honourable, decent, notable human rights lawyer? Or Daniel Cleaver: charming, witty, notable fuckwit?

9:45 PM It’s like they’re two halves of the perfect man, who’ll spend the rest of their lives each wanting to outdo the other one. And now it’s all enacting itself in my stomach.

In this gloriously funny, touching story of baby-deadline panic, maternal bliss, and social, professional, technological, culinary and childbirth chaos, Bridget Jones – global phenomenon and the world’s favorite Singleton – is back with a bump.

Critic reviews

"A comic ménage à trois… Well paced and well crafted... Charming.” —Molly Young, The New York Times Book Review

“’What would the Dalai Lama do?’ Bridget asks herself when she arrives 15 minutes late to the christening of her friend Magda’s baby in the opening pages of Fielding’s fourth entry in this still-funny series about everyone’s favorite dizzy British blonde… One hopes the Dalai Lama gets his hands on this book as soon as possible. If he can’t clear up the morality questions, he’ll at least get a good laugh.” –Kirkus

I love bridget Jones!

I wish it was longer. I love every single book and movie. It will always be a comfort story for me.

Loved it

I have read/listened to/watched every installment of this series with the exception of this book. I must admit, going in I was skeptical; knowing it had been written after Mad About The Boy... .but I truly lived it. the same endearing feeling was kept in this book and the author managed to leave it open for the final book to be made. I still cheered along, I still talked to myself as Bridget would....and I still hoped for her and Darcy's happy ending. Well done Mrs. Fielding

What a fun and sweet follow up!

Every now and then I like to rotate fun reading with more intense material and this story was great fun to listen to and relax with. I've read Mad About the Boy and I wasn't keen on it but now I think that was only because there was a missing link. Here it is. Makes sense of the last book published on Bridget Jones character.

If anyone saw the movie version it isn't too far off the book. They were both light entertainment.

Narration was good, flowed easily and spunky.

V.G. Fun

Some uniquely funny storylines that can only be experienced by a character like Bridget Jones.

Good, quick read

It is a classic Bridget book, as #3. 3hr audio, fast hardback, or 1.5 movie. All good for the series