The hilarious return of Adrian Mole, who has entered early middle age and is now 'the same age as Jesus was when he died'. Adrian is a single parent desperate to find sense in an increasingly confusing world...Adrian Mole has entered early middle age and is now 'the same age as Jesus was when he died' (33). Father to the grammatically challenged Glenn, and William, who takes a 'Big Boy Arouser' condom to nursery school as his innocent contribution to a hot air balloon project, Adrian is a single parent who has an on/off relationship with his housing officer, Pamela Pigg. Will she help him to move from the notorious Gaitskell estate before William joins the Mad Frankie Fraser fan club? His current worries include: indestructible head-lice; his raging jealousy when his accomplished half-brother Brett arrives on his doorstep; moral decline in The Archers; his desperate attachment to two therapists; his mild addiction to Starburst (formerly Opal Fruits); a small earthquake in Leicester; and, perhaps most significantly, the dawn of a new millennium. This recording is unabridged. Typically abridged audiobooks are not more than 60 per cent of the author's work and as low as 30 per cent with characters and plotlines removed.
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"One of the great fictional creations of our time." The Scotsman "Sue Townsend is one of our finest living comic writers." The Times"
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Sue Townsend, with The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 (1982) and The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (1984), was Britain's bestselling author of the 1980s. Her other hugely successful novels include The Published Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman (Aged 55 ) (2001), Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction (2004) and Queen Camilla (2006).
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Not As Good As First Books In Series... Disappointing,
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This review is from: THE LOST DIARIES OF ADRIAN MOLE, 1999-2001 (Hardcover)
Brief Description: Think of this book as a male version of Bridget Jones's Diary ... only more British and less funny. This is the eighth book in a series, and, in this particular outing, Mr. Mole is a middle-aged single parent dealing with dating, children, and housing issues.
My Thoughts: I read the first few books of this series (The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 and The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole) years ago and remember them as being funny. Either the series hasn't aged well or I haven't as I wasn't terribly amused this time around. Of course, it could be that it was "too British" for me to get all the jokes. It wasn't a horrible read, but I was looking forward to catching up with good old Adrian and found him disappointing. It was kind of like finding an old boyfriend on Facebook and thinking "Oh. Why did I like him????"
3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Lost & thankfully Found,
By I LOVE BOOKS (Italy) - See all my reviews
This review is from: THE LOST DIARIES OF ADRIAN MOLE, 1999-2001 (Hardcover)
Dear Adrian, keep writing. I've read all of your Diaries and enjoyed them all throughout the years. And don't worry about that Sue Townsend making "quite a lucrative living passing herself off as me", like you mention in the foreword. In fact I think you should become friends as she might have a few excellent suggestions for your writing career. Unpublished and frustrated authors like yourself could do with a little help. I'm sure Ms. Townsend wouldn't mind.
All the best for now. Love from one of your affectionate readers. X
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