The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole place his parents would look and so runs away instead to Grimsby. Reviewing the book for "The Financial Times", Martin Seymour-Smith wrote that it was "quite as classic" as its predecessor. The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole, a novel by Sue Townsend, is the 2nd book in the Adrian Mole series, following on from "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾". It focuses on the worries and regrets of a teenage aspiring intellectual. The novel is included in the omnibus "". The book is written in a diary style and set in 1982
Gian Sammarco Gian Sammarco Giancarlo "Gian" Sammarco (born 30th January 1970) is a former child actor best known for playing the title role in the television dramatisations of "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾" (1985) and its sequel, "The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole" (1987). Born in Northampton, England, the son of Jacqueline and Pietro Salvatore Sammarco, Gian Sammarco is one of a large family of Italian descent. He attended Kingsthorpe Upper School (now Kingsthorpe College) in that town where he gained seven O-levels and five CSEs. The artistic director of the Royal Theatre in Northampton, Michael Napier Brown, selected