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Thank you for the amazing "Adrian Mole" series.
Some Adrian Mole quotes.
“I asked Pandora how long she would love me. She said, ‘As long as Britain has Gibraltar.’”
“I have realised I have never seen a dead body or a real female nipple. This is what comes of living in a cul-de-sac.
She wrote some other awesome books, took. I don’t think my view of the Royal Family was quite the same after reading The Queen and I (or the sequel), Queen Camilla. Her only serious book, Ghost Children, was very moving.
There was another AM book in the works when she died. She dictated all her later books to her husband, because she’d gone blind; perhaps he’ll be able to publish it for her post-humously.
I’m genuinely sad about this. Great writer, lovely woman.
RIP Sue. I have the volume that combined the first two diaries, and I will dust it off and re-read, although the diaries made me uncomfortable because they really captured teenaged angst. I still use the term “stick insect” as the ultimate insult.
I loved the Adrian Mole books. (The American edition included a glossary at the end to explain some of the terms, like the dole.) And I also bought The Queen and I at some point.
I am genuinely sad to hear that Sue Townsend has died 
I read the first Mole book when I was 13 myself and it was always a real pleasure to find another volume in the book shop when browsing.
I only finished reading the last Adrian Mole book a month ago. This is sad news indeed.
“I measured my thing again today. I think I may be needing it soon.”
Damn. Bye Sue, and thanks.
Thanks also for thread.
Just got the two missing volumes from my Mole collection. Will read them very slowly.
Hoping for the promised last book, though * Prostate Years * ended well enough.
Her *Public Confessions of a Middle Aged Woman * was great and gave some insights into how she was managing her blindness
RIP Sue Townsend
I found out about this via FB yesterday. A longtime pen pal of mine from England gave me the first Adrian Mole diary as a Christmas present years ago. I was hooked. I own most of them and I still reread them.
RIP Sue. And thank you.
There is something magical about those books.
Adrian Mole feels like a real person, that’s what it is.
I absolutely love the books and the TV series. Thank you so much, Sue.
