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  • Public Confessions of a Middle Aged Woman

  • By: Sue Townsend
  • Narrated by: Carolyn Oldershaw
  • Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (57 ratings)

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Public Confessions of a Middle Aged Woman

By: Sue Townsend
Narrated by: Carolyn Oldershaw
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Summary

For over 10 years, Sue Townsend has written a monthly column for Sainsbury’s Magazine, which covers everything from hosepipe bans and Spanish restaurants to writer’s block and the posh middle-aged woman she once met who'd never heard of Winnie the Pooh.

Collected now for the first time, these columns from one of Britain’s most popular and acclaimed writers are funny, perceptive, and touching.
©2001 Sue Townsend (P)2005 W F Howes Ltd
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Sue

Never thought I’d like this book,but ended up loving it. Her stories about her life are funny and interesting. Not boring in the least as the stories are short and sweet

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Fabulous

Loved it!. Such a great talent sadly now gone. We miss you Sue and so love your writing.

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very funny

I really loved this book, Sue Townsend's work never disappoints, her observations on life were so funny. she is sorely missed.

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Don't love the reader

I'm very fond of Sue Townsend and love her humour. Unfortunately the narrator is quite heavy handed on the jokes and manages to ruin it for me. I'm going to continue with the book but it feels like a struggle... Shame.

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Really bittersweet.

I’m sorry we have lost Sue Townsend. Such a relatable and wonderful person. Funny and dry, but also terribly sad in parts, without feeling too sorry for herself.
Carolyn Oldershaw has a great voice for narration and I hope to hear her doing other things.

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bring back adrian mole

really dull, nothing at all like the adrian mole books. Just endless short scenarios that weren't even remotely funny.

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