Sue Townsend has died.

[shouldbeinbed]

I enjoyed the Adrian Mole books, TV series and Ian Dury theme tune.

I recognise her passing with a moment of nostalgia for many smiles and laughs as a teenager.

*Is this sufficiently bland for the sneerers not to accuse me of grief tourism?*

 

[tyred]

RIP

I always meant to read the Adrian Mole books as so many people recommended them to me as a teenager as they were very popular at the time but I never got around to it.

 

[simon the viking]

Very Sad to hear this... read most of her books not just the 'Mole' books she had a rare talent for mixing Irony and true belly-laugh humour

One of her lesser known books was 'Rebuilding Coventry' and is an overlooked gem....

She had I believe been blind for many years and dictated her later books to her Husband

R.I.P Sue

 

[Fnaar]

I only ever read the first Mole book, but hearing the accolades this morning, she sounds a wonderful person, and I might just well investigate her writing a bit more.

 

[AndyRM]

I only ever read the first Mole book, but hearing the accolades this morning, she sounds a wonderful person, and I might just well investigate her writing a bit more.

Read 'The Queen and I'. It's absolute genius (though I think the ending is a bit of a cop out).

 

[simon the viking]

I only ever read the first Mole book, but hearing the accolades this morning, she sounds a wonderful person, and I might just well investigate her writing a bit more.

Try some of the non Mole books especially the one I listed above written around the time of the original Mole books

 

[simon the viking]

Read 'The Queen and I'. It's absolute genius (though I think the ending is a bit of a cop out).

Think I read that one just after Diana had died......

Thought Number 10 was good as well

 

[AndyRM]

Think I read that one just after Diana had died......

Thought Number 10 was good as well

I've not read that one - I'll pick up a copy and read it in her honour this weekend.

 

[swee'pea99]

Sad. Adrian Mole was a great creation. I remember when he painted his entire bedroom black in a fit of angsty teenage rebellion, then a couple of days later decided maybe it hadn't been his best idea. It was a bit....depressing.

RIP.

 

[simon the viking]

Sad. Adrian Mole was a great creation. I remember when he painted his entire bedroom black in a fit of angsty teenage rebellion, then a couple of days later decided maybe it hadn't been his best idea. It was a bit....depressing.

RIP.

Yes but he had go over all the Bells on Noddy's hat with a marker pen though.... classic

 

[Cyclopathic]

I'm proud of her because she was a Leicester lass but with all respect I really never got what people saw in the books. I was a contemporary of Adrian Mole and it didn't reflect my life at all.

 

[simon the viking]

I loved the way she combined Social Drama (1960's kitchen-sink type) with true humour..... something J.K Rowling tried to achieve in 'The Casual Vacancy' but failed (imo)