{"product_id":"import-48207638-f8be-4e70-b2d5-f809b02c4629","title":"The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3\/4","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3\/4 \u003c\/i\u003eis the first book in Sue Townsend's brilliantly funny Adrian Mole series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFriday January 2nd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI 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.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBestselling author Sue Townsend has been Britain's favourite comic writer for over three decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A satire of our times. Very funny indeed' Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'We laugh both at Mole and with him. A wonderful comic read, that, like all the best comedy, says something rather meaningful' Heat\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSue Townsend is Britain's favourite comic author. Her hugely successful novels include eight Adrian Mole books, \u003ci\u003eThe Public Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman (Aged 553\/4)\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNumber Ten\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGhost Children\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Queen and I\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eQueen Camilla \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Woman Who Went to Bed For a Year\u003c\/i\u003e, all of which are highly acclaimed bestsellers. She has also written numerous well-received plays. She lives in Leicester, where she was born and grew up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 272 pages | Published October 2002\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66049241940236,"sku":"9780141315980","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9780141315980.jpg?v=1793194757","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/import-48207638-f8be-4e70-b2d5-f809b02c4629","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}