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Adrian Mole is an adult. At least that's what it says on his passport. But living at home, clinging to his threadbare cuddly rabbit 'Pinky', working as a paper pusher for the DoE and pining for the love of his life, Pandora, has proved to him that adulthood isn't quite what he expected.

The day her children leave home, Eva climbs into bed and stays there. She's had enough - of her kids' carelessness, her husband's thoughtlessness and of the world's general indifference. Brian can't believe his wife is doing this. Who is going to make dinner? But Eva won't budge; and soon she realises to her horror that everyone has been taking her for granted - including herself.

Sue Townsend, creator of the much-loved Adrian Mole series, tells a compassionate and gritty story of love and loss in Ghost Children. Seventeen years ago Angela Carr aborted an unwanted child. The child's father, Christopher Moore, was devastated by the loss and retreated from the world. However, when he makes a horrifying discovery on the heath, he finds that he is compelled to confront Angela about the past. As they start seeing each other again, can they avoid past mistakes? And will their future together be eclipsed by the mistakes of yesterday?

Bestseller napěchovaný britským humorem a jedna z nejvlivnějších knih posledního půlstoletí vám zaručeně bude vhánět slzy smíchu do očí. Adrian Mole má problém! Je mu přesně 13 a 3/4 roku, je jedináček, dostává k Vánocům nemožné dárky a toho, že je intelektuál, si zatím nikdo nevšiml. Musí se starat o příšerného důchodce Berta Baxtera a ještě příšernějšího psa Šavli. Adrianovi rodiče se rozvádějí. Navíc se ve škole čerstvě zamiloval do Pandory a dokáže kvůli tomu dokonce přehlížet skutečnost, že Pandora kouří pět cigaret denně a má svůj vlastní zapalovač.