Sue Townsend has died

[BikeRunSki]

RIP Sue

Red socks today then. Adrian Mole is a year older than me, I grew up with him.

[99redbafoons]

Oh gosh that's terribly sad. Adrian Mole is completely synonymous with my youth.

[dopeysheep]

Yes just read that. RIP Sue. I loved Adrian Mole (doesn't everyone?) and also the Queen and I was it? Where the royals had to bunk up with a regular family.

Also really considered Pandora as dd's name but didn't in the end cos of box jokes. Was close though.

[tedmundo]

RIP Sue.

I have read and enjoyed all of your books,many times.

[2whippetsnobed]

Loved all her writing. Sad to hear of her death.

[Indith]

Love her books. giggled my way through the Queen and later on Queen Camilla. number 10 is great too.

[tribpot]

Very sad news. She was a fantastic writer.

[Rooble]

Very sad. I, too, grew up simultaneously with Adrian Mole and loved the books.

[RoxyRobin]

Very sorry to hear about her death. She's given me so many laughs over the years. And she came over as such a likeable woman.

[Dillydollydaydream]

I loved reading Adrian Mole when u was growing up. Very sad to hear this news.

[KB02]

Loved her writing. Just read the obituary linked above and I hadn't realised she had such bad luck with her health for so long.

[YokoUhOh]

Loved the 'Falklands under the toast crumb' diary entry and I'm sure everyone will recognise Adrian's gran not letting anyone else hold the baby! RIP Sue.

[Badvoc]

Very sad to hear this.
RIP sue.

[VoyageDeVerity]

God I adored the books. What a remarkable woman reading her obituary.
RIP

[Minnieisthedevilmouse]

That's very sad.

Never got Adrian mole tho. Not a right of passage book for me. Couldn't stick the writing.

[ShoeJunkie]

RIP - I loved the Adrian Mole books and The Queen and I.

[maudpringle]

Now that is sad news.
Like so many others I grew up with Adrian, Pandora and Barry Kent.
What a lot of pleasure she has given over the years.
R.I.P Sue

[MissBetseyTrotwood]

RIP - I loved those books. She always seemed to say such sensible things when interviewed too.

One awful Christmas when my DDad was really ill and lashing out at everyone I got 'The Diary of Adrian Mole'. Truly, it made the day bearable as I shut myself in my room and read it cover to cover in a day, laughing out loud.

to you Sue.

[Cleanknickersfulltummy]

That's sad. She was so clever and funny. I grew up with Adrian Mole too.

[OwlCapone]

How sad. I'm another one who grew up with Adrian Mole.

[MorrisZapp]

My mother has been moody all day. There's a box in the bathroom with predictor written on it. I hope she's not dabbling in the occult.

I could quote you all day long Sue. Rest in peace.

[Nataleejah]

RIP Sue
Adrian series are one of the best books i ever read :(

[OhBabyLilyMunster]

I think im going to have to buy the adrian mole books again. Absolutely fantastic....RIP sue, a comedy genius.

[MsJupiter]

I genuinely believe that the Royals are exactly as they are portrayed in The Queen & I. Such brilliant comic writing.

Like many others I adored reading AM as a teenager (my copies have shattered spines) and then coming back to him years later and realising how many jokes had gone over my head! Will get them out for a re-read soon.

[napoleonsnose]

Sad news indeed. I grew up with Adrian and loved the books. Still have my original 'diary', a 12th birthday present in 1984.