{"product_id":"the-growing-pains-of-adrian-mole-9780141046433","title":"The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sue Townsend\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Growing Pains of Adrian Mole \u003c\/i\u003eis the second book in Sue Townsend's brilliantly funny Adrian Mole series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday July 18th\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy father announced at breakfast that he is going to have a vasectomy. I pushed my sausages away untouched. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this second instalment of teenager Adrian Mole's diaries, the Mole family is in crisis and the country is beating the drum of war. While his parents have reconciled after both embarked on disastrous affairs, Adrian is shocked to learn of his mother's pregnancy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd even though at the mercy of his rampant hormones and the fickle whims of the divine Pandora, a victim of a broken home and his own tortured (though unrecognised) genius, Adrian continues valiantly to chronicle the pains and pleasures of a misspent adolescence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBestselling author Sue Townsend has been Britain's favourite comic writer for over three decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Funny, moving and a poke in the eye for adult morality' \u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Written with great verve, and showing an uncanny understanding of the young, Sue Townsend holds the balance between innocence and precocity and the result is both hilarious and salutary' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Life's no fun for an adolescent intellectual. For the reader it's a hoot' \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSue Townsend is one of Britain's favourite comic authors. Her hugely successful novels include eight Adrian Mole books, \u003ci\u003eThe Public Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman (Aged 553\/4)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year\u003c\/i\u003e, all of which are highly-acclaimed bestsellers. Sue passed away in 2014 and is survived by her husband, four children, ten grandchildren and millions of avid readers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45087169183895,"sku":"9780141046433","price":440.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780141046433.webp?v=1767640059","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-growing-pains-of-adrian-mole-9780141046433","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}