bit quick of a wrap up but quite entertaining

Λονδρέζα αφιερώνεται σε καταυλισμό αστέγων της Αφρικής. Το όνομα του καταυλισμού Σαφίλα.

"I wish we could call a grown-up." The words slipped out without me wanting them to, but for once they were the right thing to say.
"So do bloody I, I can tell you," said Debbie.
"Me too," said Henry.
"I am a grown-up, and I want my mother," said O'Rourke.

Other than the above line that made me laugh, this wasn't funny? I was very disappointed. Maybe it's just that I read it 20 years after it should have been read.

So incredibly well written and funny while still being a serious critique of hollywood charity. I loved it

Rosie Richardson isn't Bridget Jones, but I did like her in spite of her highly improbable adventures in the world of the rich and famous and then in a fictitious African country on the verge of collapse due to starvation. It skewers the media world with its insatiable appetite for intensity and excitement, at any cost, and the cluelessness of people in the "developed" world (and not just the 1%). Good story.

After working as a literary publicist in London and dating a famous television personality, Rosie Richardson decides she is sick of the glitz and glamour and superficial people. She uproots her life and moves to Africa where she runs a refugee camp. With a massive food shortage and more and more refugees entering the camp, Rosie returns back to the celebrity community for help. This is the debut novel of Helen Fielding, author of the Bridget Jones series.

I so wanted to like this book but I just could never figure out what it was trying to be. Parts of it read like a typical chick lit novel and the other parts showed a serious side, tackling the issue of famine in Africa. For whatever reason the combining of the two different styles just didn't work for me. While I was interested in Rosie's work in Africa at first, by the last 100 pages, I just wanted the book to be over. I think this is a case of a book starting off with good intentions and a deep meaning but falling short in execution. I say pass on this book even if you are a fan of Fielding's other novels.

Grappig en geeft een echt Brits sarcastische blik op live aid en co. Ze schrijft heel scherp en goed, maar naar het einde toe werd het me te langdradig.

Devoured this- so much warmth and wittiness throughout the story - this was her first novel before the Bridget Jones diary books and imo this has a lot more heart - really enjoyed it - bargain for 99c at the charity shop

2.5. It took awhile to like the heroine. She just came off as very pretentious in the beginning as did the people in her London circle. It did get better and I did enjoy it more, but I don’t need to read it again.

I enjoyed this so much. If you like the flightiness of Bridget Jones with the a little more depth. This is for you. Still chick lit so don’t go analyzing this to death. Just enjoy the flight.

Lovely romance and charity

I can't understand why this only averages a rating of 3! This is definitely very different from the Bridget Jones series, but the author's vivid descriptions of Africa alone made me want to jump on a plane. The scene where the massive wave of famine victims were cresting the hill will live in my mind for the rest of my life.
In Cause Celeb, a bunch of shallow actors were milking the media attention from a famine relief campaign but got the education of their lives when they were confronted with mass starvation on such a huge scale. This was Helen Fielding at her most sincere, and the writing was excellent: it was not preachy, but it did make me examine my own entitled life. Perhaps the low rating reflects some form of disappointment from readers who were expecting more of the same light fare that we came to expect in the Bridget series?
Oh well, we readers do tend to pigeon-hole authors sometimes, and can balk at allowing an author any artistic freedom.
I, for one, was so impressed with this story about a shallow young woman who takes off for Africa after a messy break up. Rosie not only finds her true self in her bumbling efforts to provide aid where it was so desperately needed, she discovers her life's vocation. Rosie's outlook on life was forever changed by her experience as a relief worker. A five star rating for me for excellent character development and storytelling!