The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4
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'My comfort read. The best diaries ever written - with apologies to Samuel Pepys, Bridget Jones and me' ADAM KAY
FEATURED IN 'THE 100 BOOKS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD' BBC ARTS
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 is the first book in Sue Townsend's brilliantly funny Adrian Mole series.
Friday January 2nd
I felt rotten today. It's my mother's fault for singing 'My Way' at two o'clock in the morning at the top of the stairs. Just my luck to have a mother like her. There is a chance my parents could be alcoholics. Next year I could be in a children's home.
Meet Adrian Mole, a hapless teenager providing an unabashed, pimples-and-all glimpse into adolescent life. Writing candidly about his parents' marital troubles, the dog, his life as a tortured poet and 'misunderstood intellectual', Adrian's painfully honest diary is still hilarious and compelling reading thirty years after it first appeared.
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'I remember laughing hysterically at The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4. An authentic working-class voice' David Nicholls, Guardian
'I not only wept, I howled and hooted and had to get up and walk around the room and wipe my eyes so that I could go on reading' Tom Sharpe
'We laugh both at Mole and with him. A wonderful comic read, that, like all the best comedy, says something rather meaningful' Heat
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"I hope Bert doesn't die. Apart from liking him, I have got nothing to wear to a funeral." p. 89 A really entertaining and funny book! Recommendable for readers of every age! Set in the year 1981 young Adrian Mole, aged 13 3/4 years, writes about his everyday life: his imperfect parents, his struggle with puberty (especially the evil spots!) and first love, his literacy ambitions and what a hardship it is to be an intellectual in today's society! "Intellectuals like me are allowed to be interested in sex. It is ordinary people like Mr Lucas who should be ashamed of themselves." It shows the difficulties a young boy goes through with a somewhat difficult family life, but how educating it can be at the same time. The reader finds out about all the books (more or less suitable for his age) young Adrian reads in 1981. A quite impressive list, though sometimes someone wonders if it is possible to be that quick a reader, e.g. finishing "War and Peace" in two days is very unlikely. But the fact that Adrian puts it down like that in his diary is just charming. A wonderful book about growing up and taking responsibility.
Description
'My comfort read. The best diaries ever written - with apologies to Samuel Pepys, Bridget Jones and me' ADAM KAY
FEATURED IN 'THE 100 BOOKS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD' BBC ARTS
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 is the first book in Sue Townsend's brilliantly funny Adrian Mole series.
Friday January 2nd
I felt rotten today. It's my mother's fault for singing 'My Way' at two o'clock in the morning at the top of the stairs. Just my luck to have a mother like her. There is a chance my parents could be alcoholics. Next year I could be in a children's home.
Meet Adrian Mole, a hapless teenager providing an unabashed, pimples-and-all glimpse into adolescent life. Writing candidly about his parents' marital troubles, the dog, his life as a tortured poet and 'misunderstood intellectual', Adrian's painfully honest diary is still hilarious and compelling reading thirty years after it first appeared.
_________
'I remember laughing hysterically at The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4. An authentic working-class voice' David Nicholls, Guardian
'I not only wept, I howled and hooted and had to get up and walk around the room and wipe my eyes so that I could go on reading' Tom Sharpe
'We laugh both at Mole and with him. A wonderful comic read, that, like all the best comedy, says something rather meaningful' Heat
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Posts
"I hope Bert doesn't die. Apart from liking him, I have got nothing to wear to a funeral." p. 89 A really entertaining and funny book! Recommendable for readers of every age! Set in the year 1981 young Adrian Mole, aged 13 3/4 years, writes about his everyday life: his imperfect parents, his struggle with puberty (especially the evil spots!) and first love, his literacy ambitions and what a hardship it is to be an intellectual in today's society! "Intellectuals like me are allowed to be interested in sex. It is ordinary people like Mr Lucas who should be ashamed of themselves." It shows the difficulties a young boy goes through with a somewhat difficult family life, but how educating it can be at the same time. The reader finds out about all the books (more or less suitable for his age) young Adrian reads in 1981. A quite impressive list, though sometimes someone wonders if it is possible to be that quick a reader, e.g. finishing "War and Peace" in two days is very unlikely. But the fact that Adrian puts it down like that in his diary is just charming. A wonderful book about growing up and taking responsibility.