Rosie Mole Rosie Mole Rosie Germaine Mole is a fictional character in Sue Townsend's "Adrian Mole" series. Rosie is Adrian's half-sister, and first appears in the book "The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole". She is very close to her brother Adrian. He thinks that Rosie is the only member of his family who really understands him. Rosie was born during the events of the second Adrian Mole novel, "The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole". Her birth occurs in Royal Hospital in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England. Her mother is Pauline Sugden-Mole (1944) and her father is Mr. Lucas. She has a grandmother and grandfather
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ of Prince William. Mole is also a fierce critic of prime minister Margaret Thatcher, listing her as one of his worst enemies. Apart from the humorous events described in the diary, a lot of the book's humour originates from the unreliable narration of Mole, who naïvely, yet confidently, misinterprets events around him. The book was first published in hardcover by Methuen on October 7, 1982. Sequels include (in chronological order): The book was a best-seller, and had sold 1.9 million copies by November 1985. A 7-part radio series on BBC Radio 4 featured extracts from the book read by Nicholas