Author:Sue Townsend

'A classic. The Adrian Mole diaries are thoroughly subversive. A true hero for our time' Richard Ingrams
'My comfort read. The best diaries ever written - with apologies to Samuel Pepys, Bridget Jones and me' ADAM KAY
The FOURTH book in Adrian Mole's diaries, where we catch up with a hapless Adrian and his desperate attempts to win back the love of his life.
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Thursday January 3rd
I have the most terrible problems with my sex life. It all boils down to the fact that I have no sex life. At least not with another person.
Finally given the heave-ho by Pandora, Adrian Mole finds himself in the unenviable situation of living with the love-of-his-life as she goes about shacking up with other men.
Worse, as he slides down the employment ladder, from deskbound civil servant in Oxford to part-time washer-upper in Soho, he finds that critical reception for his epic novel, Lo! The Flat Hills of My Homeland, is not quite as he might have hoped.
But Adrian is about to discover that extraordinary and wonderful things may blossom even in the wilderness . . .
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'A very, very funny book' Sunday Times
'The funniest person in the world' Caitlin Moran
Celebrate Adrian Mole's 50th Birthday with this new edition of the fourth book in his diaries, where we catch up with a hapless Adrian and his desperate attempts to win back the love of his life
—— from publisher's descriptionA classic. The Adrian Mole diaries are thoroughly subversive. A true hero for our time
—— Richard IngramsEnormously funny
—— Sunday TelegraphAdrian Mole really is a brilliant comic creation
—— The TimesThe funniest person in the world
—— Caitlin MoranA great read.
—— BellaA powerful tale of friendship.
—— PrimaKoomson brilliantly captures the fraught friendship between the two girls in this gripping tale.
—— CloserFull of heart and sympathy.
—— Dail MailAn absolute page-turner of a novel…powerful and oh so compelling When I Was Invisible left me with a tear in my eye and touched my heart
—— www.lovereading.co.ukA thought-provoking, emotional drama.
—— Sunday PostI’m a massive Dorothy Koomson fan, so I’ll be taking When I Was Invisible on holiday
—— Katie Fforde , Daily Mail, Summer ReadsCancel the excursion to the ancient ruins and get poolside for this compelling story of love and forgiveness.
—— Sainsbury’s MagazineA hard-hitting tale
—— SunGreat heart
—— The HeraldRaw and emotional, this packs a punch
—— FabulousKoomson just gets better and better
—— Woman & HomeTense and emotional with truly empathetic characters
—— My WeeklyA powerful story about friendship and forgiveness, fans of Dorothy Koomson’s novels will enjoy the clever twists and unexpected turns, which keep the reader enthralled
—— CandisA powerful book … it’s always good to be thinking of a book long after you put it down
—— Woman’s Way (Ireland)A beautiful and clever novel
—— The Culture TripThematically taut and compulsively paced.
—— Edmund Gordon , Sunday TimesA very good novel of anxiety, embarrassment and also, somehow, the depths of Englishness.
—— Evening StandardMarvellous, original and intelligent. Kunzru writes like a master storyteller... There's simply nothing [he] couldn't manage in prose
—— Literary ReviewPublisher's description. Electrifying, subversive and wildly original, White Tears is a ghost story and a love story, a story about lost innocence and historical guilt. This unmissable novel penetrates the heart of a nation's darkness, encountering a suppressed history of greed, envy, revenge and exploitation, and holding a mirror up to the true nature of America today.
—— PenguinCompulsively readable, masterly - a tour de force
—— Rachel KushnerRiveting from the very first page, I was completely addicted... A literary thriller and a timely, unsparing excavation of the very real spectre of race in America's past and present. White Tears is proof that Kunzru is one of the finest novelists of his generation...
—— Mirza WaheedHari Kunzru is an incredibly versatile writer who is alert to the inequalities in the world... Powerful and complex, White Tears is a novel about abuses of wealth and power. Brilliantly orchestrated, unforgettable and devastating
—— Bernardine EvaristoHari Kunzru is one of our most important novelists
—— Independent on SundayKunzru's engagingly wired prose and agile plotting sweep all before them
—— New YorkerElizabeth Strout's My Name is Lucy Barton shouldn't work, but its frail texture was a triumph of tenderness, and sent me back to her excellent Olive Kitteridge
—— Cressida Connolly , The SpectatorA rich account of a relationship between mother and daughter, the frailty of memory and the power of healing
—— Mark Damazer , New StatesmanThis physically slight book packs an unexpected emotional punch
—— Simon Heffer , Daily TelegraphA novel offering more hope
—— Daisy Goodwin , Daily MailMy Name Is Lucy Barton intrigues and pierces with its evocative, skin-peeling back remembrances of growing up dirt-poor.
—— Ann Treneman , The TimesMasterly
—— Anna Murphy