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Rosie Richardson, short-skirted, under-appreciated Publicity Gel, dumps her egotistical, bullying, TV presenter boyfriend and heads to Africa to save the natives. But after four years in the plains, a plague of locusts and civil war take their toll, the frustrated and disillusioned Rosie is pushed back to her media-dahling roots in London.
Armed with a bucket full of will power, she fends off the determined amorous advances of her ex whilst trying to enlist his celebrity-pulling power to further her personal Cause Celeb: a Live Aid inspired celebrity television appeal to raise cash for food in the country she left behind.
Cause Celeb isn't exactly ground breaking but it does manage to bring a little gravitas to what is basically a novel about love, sex and a world where insincere celebs are fawned over by all and sundry. The descriptions of the African camp where Rosie spends four years of her life (concentrating on her career until a doctor--hunky, naturally--woos her over a few bloodied bodies) are vivid enough to force the dramatic irony forward as Rosie's past and present collide, and her jaded experiences of London life will certainly ring true for many readers.
All in all, Cause Celeb is the kind of book you might read in the bath or on the beach--not too taxing but involving and spirited enough to make you want to find out what happens in the end. --Susan Harrison --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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'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 insider's wit, and it's 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
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
After reading Bridget Jones' Diary, I scoured the bookshelves for another Helen Fielding offer and wasn't disappointed. If anything, Cause Celeb beat the Diary for depth and sincerity, but continued the real life drama and humour styles that left me with tears running down my face from both the pain and joy it evoked. Excellent read.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is wonderful, it is beautifully written, with all the warmth, humour and honesty of 'Bridget Jones's Diary' but so much more besides. It makes you feel happy and inspired and tearful. The characters are excellently portrayed and realistic and her descriptions and dialogue are humourous and poignant. When I finished it I wanted to read it all over again. Even if you didn't like 'Bridget Jones's Diary' read this book!!!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Fielding writes well when she writes about girls in publishing, when our heroine Rosie, goes to Africa on a promotional trip her priorities change and she realises how shallow her life was in London, thus giving her the strength to walk away from her relationship to go and help in a refugee camp. Four years on and there is a potential crisis. The camps need food urgently and bureaucracy is getting in the way so Rosie takes matters in her own hands and uses her contacts to get a media appeal up and running.
I don't want to go into anymore details but the book is lovely, though it is emotional. Rosie's original London character is a bit pathetic, but she comes out the other side. The book is griping and entertaining but not particularly challenging, although the subject matter is a bit different from most books in the chick lit genre.
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Not the lightweight novel it at first seems!
This is the first novel by Helen Fielding of Bridget Jones fame which she wrote in 1994. Surprisingly I never read until now. Read more
Published on 22 Oct 2008 by LindyLouMac
Better than Bridget Jones
Those who found the succès fou of Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones books too fou for their taste may yet appreciate Cause Celeb. Read more
Published on 9 July 2001 by "marklee35"
Actually preferred the cassettes!
The cassettes, narrarated by Bernadette Quigley, are really fun. They carried me through a dull patch of a long car trip, Florida to Chicago! Read more
Published on 20 May 2001
Brilliant
Couldn't put this one down. Easy to read and gripping, fast paced tale. Well done to Helen Fielding. More like this please.
Published on 17 Aug 2000 by Ms. Sinnet A. Weber
Interesting but lost the plot in the middle as usual
Much much better than Bridget Jones, more thought provoking but nevertheless gripping to read despite the loss of plot in the middle part of the book. Read more
Published on 23 Jun 2000 by B. Johnston
fantastic
although not perhaps a true reflection of the world as it really is, this book certainly makes you think. Read more
Published on 22 Feb 2000 by lucy@trickers.ltd.uk
A Different Kind of Read
This was one different book! Not only was it entertaining and humorous but it made you think as well. I recommend it to anyone and everyone!
Published on 12 Jan 2000 by Nicole
Infinitely better than "Bridget Jones' Diary"
This book is so much better than Bridget Jones' Diaries. Rosie is a sensible woman who seems efficient and gets things done. Read more
Published on 18 Nov 1999
It just manages to fail. Disappointing.
This book falls into exactly the trap that it's moralising about.
That is, a bunch of champagne celebs juxtaposed with the image of starving children is considered to be crass... Read more
Published on 26 Aug 1999
read it in two evenings!!
This book is the perfect antedote to interminable northerly winter nights. When it is dark from 1530 hrs and 1930 hrs seems like bedtime, sharing Bridgets trials and tribulations... Read more
Published on 21 Nov 1998
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