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The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole

2003Sue Townsend

3.6/5

Oh Adrian. You are every bit as funny at 15-1/2 as you were at 13-3/4. Here are just a few samples of Adrian's diary:Sunday May 9thMother's Day (USA & Canada)I have just realized that I have never seen a dead body or a real female nipple. This is what comes of living in a cul-de-sac.Friday August 6thSent Pandora a postcard:Dear Pan,The sun came out on Wednesday, but it didn't reach into the black despair caused by our separation. It is a cultural desert here.Thank God I have brought my Nevile Shute books.Yours unto infinity,Adrian XFriday January 14thMust go see how Bert is getting on. I wish I'd never got involved with him; he is like an Ancient Mariner around my neck.And the last gem:Thursday February 3rdDuring the month of March 1982 it would seem that both my parents were carrying on clandestine relationships. Yet my diary for that period records my childhood fourteen year old thoughts and preoccupations.I wonder, did Jack the Ripper's wife innocently write:10:30 pm: Jack late home. Perhaps he is kept late at the office.12:10 a.m.: Jack home covered in blood; an offal cart knocked him down.Pandora is standing by me at this time of crisis. She is a true pillar of salt.

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