{"product_id":"9780241959398","title":"The Lost Diaries of Adrian Mole, 1999-2001","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Townsend, Sue | Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945) \u003cbr\u003ePublished 19\/01\/2012 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of the Adrian Mole series \u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e149 x 197 x 21mm | 244g\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An achingly funny anti-hero' Daily Mail'My comfort read. The best diaries ever written - with apologies to Samuel Pepys, Bridget Jones and me' ADAM KAYIn the SIXTH book in Sue Townsend's hilarious and iconic series, Adrian, Leicester's most unlikely ex-con, faces the nit-infested reality of being a single parent . . .  Monday January 3, 2000 So how do I greet the New Millennium? In despair. I'm a single parent, I live with my mother . . . I have a bald spot the size of a jaffa cake on the back of my head . . . I can't go on like this, drifting into early middle-age. I need a Life Plan . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The 'same age as Jesus when he died', Adrian Mole has become a martyr: a single-father bringing up two young boys in an uncaring world. With the ever-unattainable Pandora pursuing her ambition to become Labour's first female PM; his over-achieving half-brother Brett sponging off him; and literary success elusive, Adrian tries to make ends meet and find a purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But little does he realise that his own modest life is about to come to the attention of those charged with policing The War Against Terror . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'One of the great comic creations of our time. Almost every page of his diaries bring a smile to the face' Scotsman 'The funniest person in the world' Caitlin Moran\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE CLEEVE BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57648653959543,"sku":"9780241959398","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/0729\/3737\/files\/9780241959398.jpg?v=1793322372","url":"https:\/\/thecleevebookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780241959398","provider":"The Cleeve Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}