Cause Celeb

Publisher Marketing:"Cause Celeb" the critically acclaimed debut novel from a writer with a boundless grasp of the existential and the uproarious has just landed in America. Deftly skewering the world of celebrity fundraising, Fielding has created an alternately comic and moving satire that straddles the glitter of media London and the horrors of an African refugee crisis. Rosie Richardson, a twenty-something literary puffette, is in a totally non-functional relationship with an unevolved but irresistible adult male a hotshot TV presenter who plunges her into the glitzy, bitchy, inane lifestyle of London's It people. Disillusioned with the celebrity world, Rosie escapes to run a refugee camp in the African jungle. When famine strikes and a massive refugee influx heads for the camp, governments and agencies drag their heels. Bringing her former media savvy to the fore, realizing the only way to get food out fast is to bring celebrities first, Rosie turns to the life and man she fled to organize a star-studded emergency appeal from famine-racked Africa. Seamlessly bridging cataclysm and farce through the insights of a modern-day everywoman, "Cause Celeb" crackles with insight into fame, passion, and altruism in our time." Review Citations: New York Times 03/24/2002 pg. 20 (EAN 9780142000229, Paperback) Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2000 pg. 1632 (EAN 9780670894505, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 12/11/2000 pg. 61 (EAN 9780670894505, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Marie Claire 02/01/2001 pg. 103 (EAN 9780670894505, Hardcover) Library Journal 12/01/2000 pg. 187 (EAN 9780670894505, Hardcover) Mademoiselle 02/01/2001 pg. 24 (EAN 9780670894505, Hardcover) Vogue 02/01/2001 pg. 196 (EAN 9780670894505, Hardcover) Atlantic Monthly 03/01/2001 pg. 91 (EAN 9780670894505, Hardcover) People Weekly 02/26/2001 pg. 38 (EAN 9780670894505, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 02/23/2001 pg. 156 (EAN 9780670894505, Hardcover) New York Times 02/25/2001 pg. 20 (EAN 9780670894505, Hardcover) Booklist 12/01/2000 pg. 675 (EAN 9780670894505, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2001 pg. 28 (EAN 9780670894505, Hardcover) Library Journal 11/01/2000 (EAN 9780670894505, Hardcover) Library Journal 12/20/2000 (EAN 9780670894505, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 04/02/2001 (EAN 9781587881350, Analog Audio Cassette) Library Journal 09/15/2001 (EAN 9781587881343, Analog Audio Cassette) Contributor Bio:  Fielding, Helen Helen Fielding is the internationally bestselling author of Bridget Jones's Diary and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. She lives in England. Contributor Bio:  Quigley, Bernadette Quigley has performed on Broadway, off-Broadway and in numerous regional theaters throughout America.