I was sad to learn of the passing of author Sue Townsend last night. The character she created in Adrian Mole, a working class anti-hero who's life never quite lived up to his expectations resonated with me. The character was a little bit older than me (4 years) but as a teenager I wholly related with the angst and the pains. He was also a child of the times speaking about the Thatcher years. The books dip in and out of his fictional life and I feel I have grown up with this character. The last book in the series, 'The Prostate Years' dealt with a man in his forties who hasn't achieved what he set out to do (that is something I can relate to) and looks at him dealing with serious illness (thankfully something I've not had to deal with yet).
Sue Townsend's diary style of writing is the reason why I started blogging. There are books of diaries I kept which are long lost, it is something I've done most of my life.
Thank you Sue, rest in peace...
... Goodbye Adrian my old friend.
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I was also saddened by Sue Townsends death...
...a friend of my Mums got me the Secret Diary of Adrian Mole for my 12th birthday (which makes me one year younger than him).
I still think of Janet Reger underwear as being really posh as that is what Pandoras mum wears or rather wore ;o)
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