TY - BOOK AU - Fielding, Helen. TI - Bridget Jones's diary SN - 330332775 AV - FIC .F54 1996 PY - 1996/// CY - London, United Kingdom PB - Picador KW - DIARY -- HUMOROUS FICTION N1 - New year's resolution -- 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 police -- October. Date with darcy -- November. A criminal in the family -- December. Oh, Christ N2 - Bridget Jones wants to have it all - and once she's given up smoking and got down to 8st 7 she will. Based on Helen Fielding's diary in the Independent newspaper, this is a novel about a year in the life of a single girl on an optimistic but doomed quest for self-improvement and Inner Poise. First published in 1996 ER -