Sue Townsend, author of the Adrian Mole books
She died two weeks ago, we just found out today. A comic genius. The diaries of Adrian Mole still causes food to shoot out of our nose. Some choice quotes:
Found a strange device in the bathroom this morning. It looked like an egg timer. It said ‘Predictor’ on the side of the box. I hope my mother is not dabbling with the occult.
10am: Woke my father up to tell him Argentina had invaded the Falklands. He shot out of bed because he thought the Falklands lay off the coast of Scotland. When I pointed out they were eight thousand miles away he got back into bed and pulled the covers over his head.
I used to be the sort of boy who had sand kicked in his face, now I’m the sort of boy who watches somebody else have it kicked in their face.
Went to see Hadrian’s Wall. Saw it. Came back.
A telegram! Addressed to me! The BBC? No – from my mother. ‘ADRIAN STOP COMING HOME STOP.’ What does she mean? ‘Stop coming home’? How can I stop coming home? I live here!
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April 25th, 2014 at 13:27
Thanks for this. She was one of my favorite authors. I even named my dogs, “Adrian” and “Pandora”.