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Witty debut on having your heart broken echoes the best of Bridget Jones
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Fans of Dr Who will know that Time Lords live for thousands of years, but routinely have to regenerate into a new body. While reading Really Good, Actually I felt as though the legendary Bridget Jones had regenerated into Maggie, a newly single 28-year-old living in Canada.
I mean that as the highest of compliments as this is one of the most enjoyable, smart, observant, honest and funny books I’ve read in recent years.
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