The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾

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Glenn Bott-Mole, son of Sharon Bott, whom Adrian knew at school and had an affair with as a young man. Sharon represents the underclass of British society. Glenn moves in with his father and it is revealed the boy has a lot of respect for him when Adrian sees the cover of his diary. He eventually joins the army and at the end of the last book is expecting a baby with his fiancée, Finley-Rose. Sharon Bott (occasionally Botts) is Adrian's second girlfriend and the mother of his first child. She is introduced in Growing Pains as the girl who "will show everything for 50p and a pound of grapes", but Adrian has an unsuccessful date with her set up by Nigel. In True Confessions, Adrian has lost his virginity with Sharon, but it is obvious that neither of them has any interest in the other beyond sex. Sharon starts putting on weight, and she is referred to as overweight in the later books. After it is proven that Adrian fathered Glenn in Cappuccino Years, Sharon re-enters Adrian's life; they maintain a good relationship as parents of Glenn. It is revealed that she has seven siblings, including an older sister, Marjorie, and younger brother, Karak. Her parents are still alive. Mr. Bott is a quiet, polite man, unlike the rest of the Bott family. As Sharon ages, she gains more and more weight until she is described as obese. A character in Lo! The Flat Hills of My Homeland named Sharon Slagg, based on Sharon, is mentioned. While Sharon is still seeing Adrian, she starts seeing Barry Kent on the side, leading to confusion over who Glenn's father is - a blood test revealed that Adrian was indeed the father. Three cheers for Mole's chaotic, non-achieving, dysfunctional family. We need him' Evening Standard Susan Lillian Townsend FRSL ( née Johnstone; 2 April 1946–10 April 2014) was an English writer and humorist whose work encompasses novels, plays and works of journalism. She was best known for creating the character Adrian Mole.

Humour arises from the outworking of larger social forces within a very ordinary household in a very ordinary part of Middle England. a b Marcus Williamson "Sue Townsend obituary: Author whose hapless, brilliantly drawn teenage hero, Adrian Mole, made her the best selling author of the 1980s", The Independent, 11 April 2014 A new stage musical adaptation by Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary opened at Leicester's Curve in March 2015. Townsend had been working with the writers on the project at the time of her death. [10] Specsavers National Book Awards, Audiobook of the Year, The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year narrated by Caroline Quentin [37] The fifth book in his hilarious diaries, where Adrian faces divorce, fatherhood and (short-lived) television stardom . . .

Townsend has held a mirror up to the nation and made us happy to laugh at what we see in it' Sunday Telegrapha b White, Lesley (15 October 2006). "Sue Townsend". The Times. London . Retrieved 1 February 2008. Townsend, in a 2009 Guardian interview with Alex Clark, described herself as a "passionate socialist" who had no time for New Labour. "I support the memory and the history of the party and I consider that these lot are interlopers", she told Clark. [13] Despite these comments, Townsend said in 1999 that she had only voted Labour once, and in fact her preference was "Communist, Socialist Workers, or a minority party usually." [5] The journalist Christina Patterson observed of Townsend in 2008: "Her heart, it's clear from her books and a few hours in her company, is still with the people she left behind, the people who go largely unchronicled in literature, the people who are still her friends." [25] Health problems [ edit ]

A tour de force by a comic genius and if it isn't the best book published this year, I'll eat my bookshelf' Daily Mail, Books of the Year Adrian never made the journey to Hollywood – yet. First a radio series, then the bestselling novel, Sue also adapted her book for a successful stage play with songs, which ran at the Wyndham’s Theatre in London’s West End between 1984-6. Three television series and the forthcoming musical adaptation leaves only the big screen as Adrian’s uncharted territory. Might Mole one day follow his fellow literary figures to Hollywood? a b Alex Clark "'I didn't know what Adrian Mole looked like – well, not until I saw John Major on the telly'", The Guardian, 7 November 2009 Sue Townsend "Sue Townsend: how the welfare state left me and my kids scouring the streets for pennies", The Observer, 13 April 2014. Extract from Mr Bevan's Dream, first published in The Observer in 1989. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4, the original tale of the archetypal adolescent boy, was published in 1982 and, along with subsequent volumes, has sold more than eight million copies worldwide. Pandora, his teenage love object, grows up to move in exalted circles as a New Labour MP, but periodically reappears in Adrian's life.

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Lucy is a nurse at Leicester Royal Infirmary, where William goes for an emergency appendix operation. She is a single mother with a three-year-old daughter named Lucinda. Lucy seems to be attracted to Adrian, and Pauline is keen to set them up together; but Adrian rejects Lucy, put off by her hairy wrists (although Pauline suggests he simply buy her a tube of Nair.) Pandora and Adrian begin dating officially. Adrian’s mother goes to live with Mr. Lucas. Adrian enjoys playing pranks for April Fools’ Day but does not enjoy having pranks played on him. He turns fourteen, and for his birthday, his mother and Mr. Lucas give him money. Adrian has to help his father around the house with everything and even has to use some of his birthday money to buy groceries. He is unhappy when George meets Doreen and begins seeing her, also bringing her son, Maxwell, into Adrian’s life.