Cause Celeb

Description:
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.

Review:
'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

Author Biography:
Helen Fielding was born in Yorkshire and lives in London and Los Angeles. She worked for several years for the BBC (where she produced documentaries in Africa for COMIC RELIEF) and now writes for various newspapers. Her first novel, CAUSE CELEB, was published by Picador in 1994. BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY was published to international acclaim in 1996, as was the sequel, BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON in 1999.