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.