Originally, this work was posted on the Guardian newspaper website, in at least 94 installments from November 1999 to October 2001. Set between the novels Adrian Mole: Cappucino Years and Adrian Mole & the Weapons of Mass Destruction

Powieść otwierająca zabawny i zarazem ironiczny cykl o fajtłapowatym brytyjskim nastolatku Adrianie Mole’u. Dlaczego nikt oprócz samego ciamajdy zdaje się nie dostrzegać jego geniuszu? Męki dojrzewania nigdy jeszcze nie były tak bolesne – i tak zabawne – jak w słynnym sekretnym dzienniku Adriana Mole’a. Uporczywe pryszcze i kryzys małżeński rodziców, porażki na polu literatury i drwiny kumpli ze szkoły – gdyby nie kłody rzucane pod nogi przez okrutny los, geniusz Adriana, niedocenianego intelektualisty i poety, z pewnością rozbłysnąłby pełnym blaskiem. Może dostrzeże go chociaż Pandora? „Adrian Mole lat 13 i ¾. Sekretny dziennik”, wydany po raz pierwszy w 1982 r., to pierwsza część cyklu o największym fajtłapie wszech czasów, który błyskawicznie podbił serca czytelników w Wielkiej Brytanii, a potem na całym świecie. Z równie gorącym przyjęciem spotkały się kolejne tomy opisujące perypetie sympatycznego nieudacznika, np. „Bolesne dojrzewanie Adriana Mole’a” i „Adrian Mole. Szczere wyznania”

At 13 years old, Adrian Mole has more than his fair share of problems—spots, ill-health, parents threatening to divorce, rejection of his poetry and much more—all recorded in his diary

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? Taking it badly, he rings Eva's mother – but she's busy having her hair done. So he rings his mother – she isn't surprised. Eva, she says, is probably drunk. Let her sleep it off. But Eva won't budge. She makes new friends – Mark the window cleaner and Alexander, a very sexy handyman. She discovers Brian's been having an affair. And Eva realizes to her horror that everyone has been taking her for granted – including herself. Though Eva's refusal to behave like a dutiful wife and mother soon upsets everyone from medical authorities to her neighbours she insists on staying in bed. And from this odd but comforting place she begins to see both the world and herself very, very differently… "The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year" is a funny and touching novel about what happens when someone refuses to be the person everyone expects them to be. Sue Townsend, Britain's funniest writer for over three decades, has written a brilliant novel that hilariously deconstructs modern family life