Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years is the fourth book in the Adrian Mole series, written by Sue Townsend. It focuses on the worries of the, now, adult Mole. The book was first published in 1993 by Methuen. It is set in 1991 to the first part of 1992 and Adrian is 23¾ years of age. The book covers the same themes as the first volumes and continues the regular format of a diary. The book charts the progress of Adrian's wavering love life; he begins infatuated, as ever, with Pandora Braithwaite, with whom he is
Louise Jameson Bergerac's girlfriend. In the mid-1980s, she played Tania Braithwaite, Pandora's mother, in both 'The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4' and 'The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole' for Thames Television. In the early 1990s she starred in the two series of "Rides", and made numerous one-off appearances in various TV drama series, as well as numerous "Doctor Who" spin-off projects including the 1993 Children in Need special "Dimensions in Time". In 1998, Jameson began a long run in the BBC soap "EastEnders" as Rosa di Marco, appearing in over 200 episodes over two and a half years until