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
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