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Zusatztext The first of the Adrian Mole diaries in which the Midlands adolescent and undiscovered poet and intellectual tries to deal with his parents' crumbling marriage! his spots! his school! his unrequited love for Pandora and the erratic behaviour of his dog! while trying to get his poetry accepted. Informationen zum Autor Sue Townsend was born in Leicester in 1946. Despite not learning to read until the age of eight, leaving school at fifteen with no qualifications and having three children by the time she was in her mid-twenties, she always found time to read widely. She also wrote secretly for twenty years. After joining a writers' group at The Phoenix Theatre, Leicester, she won a Thames Television award for her first play, Womberang , and became a professional playwright and novelist. After the publication of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ , Sue continued to make the nation laugh and prick its conscience. She wrote seven further volumes of Adrian's diaries and five other popular novels - including The Queen and I , Number Ten and The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year - and numerous well received plays. Sue passed away in 2014 at the age of sixty-eight. She remains widely regarded as Britain's favourite comic writer. Klappentext Sue Townsend was born in Leicester in 1946. Despite not learning to read until the age of eight! leaving school at fifteen with no qualifications and having three children by the time she was in her mid-twenties! she always found time to read widely. She also wrote secretly for twenty years. After joining a writers' group at The Phoenix Theatre! Leicester! she won a Thames Television award for her first play! Womberang ! and became a professional playwright and novelist. After the publication of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¿ ! Sue continued to make the nation laugh and prick its conscience. She wrote seven further volumes of Adrian's diaries and five other popular novels - including The Queen and I ! Number Ten and The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year - and numerous well received plays. Sue passed away in 2014 at the age of sixty-eight. She remains widely regarded as Britain's favourite comic writer. Zusammenfassung Long before Bridget Jones came the maddest, daftest diarist of them all - Adrian Mole. Life is far from easy when you are 13 3/4. If you're not worried about spots and school bullies, it's trying to decide which of your parents to live with or whether to be a vet or a comedy writer when you grow up....
