Rosie Germaine Mole is a

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Sue Townsend Susan Lillian Townsend, FRSL (née Johnstone, 2 April 194610 April 2014), was an English writer and humorist whose work encompasses novels, plays and works of journalism. She was best known for creating the character Adrian Mole. After writing ...

's ''

Adrian Mole Adrian Albert Mole is the fictional protagonist in a series of books by English author Sue Townsend. The character first appeared (as "Nigel") as part of a comic diary featured in a short-lived arts magazine (called simply ''magazine'') pub ...

'' series. Rosie is Adrian's half-sister, and first appears in the book ''

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''. She is very close to her brother Adrian. He thinks that Rosie is the only member of his family who really understands him.

Birth and family

Rosie was born during the events of the second Adrian Mole novel, ''The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole''. Her birth occurs in Royal Hospital in

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. Her mother is Pauline Sugden-Mole (1944) and her father is Mr. Lucas. She has a grandmother and grandfather Sugden (parents of Pauline) and a grandmother Edna May Mole (mother of George). George's father Albert (Adrian's

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) died before the series begins. Her middle name, Germaine, was given by her mother Pauline in honour of

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, the famous

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. She is the aunt of Glenn Bott-Mole (Adrian's son with Sharon Bott), William "Wole" Mole (Adrian's son with his

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ex-wife JoJo) and Gracie Pauline Mole (Adrian's daughter with Daisy Flowers).

Rosie as a character

Rosie is a rebel. She always wears

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and her clothes are always trendy. She has had many boyfriends, becoming pregnant by one (who breaks up with her) and having an abortion. In ''

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'', she has a very complicated boyfriend, to whom she gives money for

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and drink. Rosie lies to her mother that she needs money for her studies. Adrian knows the truth, but keeps silent, even though he disapproves of Rosie's behaviour. Her favourite group is the

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and she models her clothes after members of the group, particularly

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. Rosie goes to school at "

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Comprehensive School", the old school of her brother Adrian, in

. When she was a little girl, Rosie didn't like Adrian, believing that he wasn't fun to be around. However, later Rosie and Adrian became very close, Adrian being the only person she told about her pregnancy. She asks him to help her get an abortion. In '' Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years'', Rosie becomes pregnant by her boyfriend Aaron Michaelwhite. Adrian is the only person whom she tells. He buys her a mock baby doll of the kind used to educate girls of the reality of child rearing, which Rosie names "Ashby," so Rosie can make up her mind about whether she is ready for motherhood; Rosie decides to have an abortion. Aaron and Rosie break up on 18 October 1997. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mole, Rosie Literary characters introduced in 1984 Characters in British novels of the 20th century Characters in British novels of the 21st century Fictional English people Adrian Mole characters