Pauline Mole sure' that Adrian is George's; she was friendly with a maggot farmer, Ernie, before Adrian was born. Pauline leaves George twice afterwards – both times she gets married. The first time was to an engineer, Martin Muffet, despite him being twenty-seven years younger than Pauline. She divorced him when he eloped with Adrian's girlfriend Bianca Dartington, also an engineer. She remarries George, and divorces him later. She marries Ivan Braithwaite, the father of Pandora, the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Labour representative, whilst George marries Pandora's mother, Tania. It became known as 'The Great Mole/Braithwaite Parent Swap'. After Ivan dies from drowning, George leaves
Adrian Mole October 2009 the "Leicester Mercury" featured an interview with Townsend where she discussed the new Mole book and her plans for future works. In 2011, Townsend published a short Adrian Mole piece that tied into the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. A very brief piece in which Adrian gave advice to writers followed in 2012. These are the last Adrian Mole works published in Townsend's lifetime, and the last original Mole stories to date. In a 2013 interview, Townsend discussed her plans to wrap up the series in two further volumes, but also the fact that her continually