2. An Appointment and a Poem
Adrian has his first appointment with a psychotherapist and attempts to woo Pandora with his poetry. Read by Harry McEntire.
Adrian has his first appointment with a psychotherapist, and makes a last-ditch attempt to woo Pandora with his poetry.
The third book in the exquisitely funny Adrian Mole series by Sue Townsend, one of our most celebrated comic writers. Following on from The Secret Diary and The Growing Pains, it is now 1991 and our diarist is 23.
Adrian is still infatuated with his childhood sweetheart Pandora and is living in her box room in Oxford. Already in possession of a husband and a boyfriend, and sick of his attentions, Pandora recommends a therapist to help Adrian move on.
Unfulfilled by his job at the Department of the Environment, Adrian鈥檚 aspirations to become a poet and author are undimmed. Whilst working on his first novel, 鈥楲o! The Flat Hills of my 91福利社land鈥�, he is plagued by the literary success of his old nemesis, Barry Kent.
Adrian struggles to understand why he is so unsuccessful with women but his perseverance eventually pays off. How the female brain works remains a mystery to him, however.
As he continues to battle valiantly with the slings and arrows that life throws at him, Adrian starts to feel less of an outsider and more at ease with himself.
The Wilderness Years is read by Harry McEntire.
Abridged in 10 parts by Sara Davies.
Producer: Alexa Moore
A Pier production for 91福利社 Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2018.
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