She won the hearts of millions as the archetypal thirtysomething singleton and now she's back – in her 50s
Apparently Bridget has swapped the chardonnay for cocktails, these days.
Helen Fielding revisits her best-known character in the new book Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. So, what have we learned about Bridget's life from the recently published extracts?
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1) She's a widow
In a startling, headline-grabbing move, Fielding has killed off Bridget's one true love, the human rights lawyer Mark Darcy (played by Colin Firth in the films), leaving her heroine a widow. Obviously, readers get more from an unattached Bridget and something had to be done about her happy ending if things were to continue.2) She is 51
The thirtysomething singleton who lurched from one infatuation to another with a wine glass in her hand is now middle-aged. This came as a shock.3) Daniel Cleaver hasn't changed
If anything, Daniel (played by Hugh Grant on screen) has only become more lecherous with time. In the new extracts he's an ageing libertine, still trying to get into Bridget's big pants at every opportunity. He even offers to babysit so he can pounce when she returns home half-cut.4) Pants are still important
No word on which style Bridget now favours – large "mummy pants" or midlife crisis g-string – but Daniel cannot stop asking her what colour ones she is wearing.More
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