{"product_id":"the-secret-diary-of-adrian-mole-aged-13-3-4-paperback-by-sue-townsend","title":"The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3\/4 Paperback by Sue Townsend","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                    \n                        \n                            \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                            \u003cul\u003e\n                                \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003ePuffin\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2018-10-30)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e304\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780241331224\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e215.46\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e7.76 x 5.06 x 0.75\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\n                            \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ \u003c\/i\u003eis the first book in Sue Townsend's brilliantly funny Adrian Mole series, reissued in Penguin's ORIGINALS collection of iconic teen fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Meet Adrian Mole, a hapless teenager providing an unabashed, pimples-and-all glimpse into adolescent life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriting 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Adrian Mole (and by extension, Sue Townsend): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A satire of our times. Very funny indeed' Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'We laugh both at Mole and with him. A wonderful comic read, that, like all the best comedy, says something rather meaningful' Heat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-----\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSue Townsend is Britain's favourite comic author. Her hugely successful novels include eight Adrian Mole books, as well as \u003ci\u003eThe Public Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman (Aged 55¾)\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 also wrote numerous well-received plays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                            \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                            \u003cp\u003eSue Townsend was, and remains, Britain's favourite comic novelist. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor over thirty years, after the publication of her instant and iconic bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Diaries of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾\u003c\/i\u003e in 1982, she made us weep with laughter and pricked the nation's conscience. Seven further volumes of Adrian's diaries followed, and all were highly acclaimed bestsellers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe also published five other hugely popular novels - including \u003ci\u003eThe Queen and I\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year\u003c\/i\u003e - as well as writing numerous well-received plays. Remarkably, Sue did not learn to read until she was eight and left school with no qualifications. As beloved by critics as she was by readers the length and breadth of the nation, she chronicled the lives of ordinary people in Britain through times of upheaval and great social change. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe lived in Leicester all her Life, dying in the city that she loved in 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \n                    \n                    \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43151348793505,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780241331224","price":17.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/products\/9780241331224.jpg?v=1692037281","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-secret-diary-of-adrian-mole-aged-13-3-4-paperback-by-sue-townsend","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}