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Lola in the Mirror
- Author
- Trent Dalton
- Narrator
- Victoria Graves
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 18 January 2024
- Run Time
- 13 hours 39 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
‘A boisterous romp that spotlights serious social issues’ DAILY MAIL
'A Down Under Demon Copperhead… it's more than feel-good, it's feel-everything. What a triumph' A. J. FINN
Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, this is the irresistible new novel from the internationally bestselling author of BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE and ALL OUR SHIMMERING SKIES.
'Mirror, mirror, on the grass, what's my future? What's my past?'
A girl and her mother have been on the run for sixteen years, from police and the monster they left in their kitchen with a knife in his throat.
The girl has no name, but she has a dream – for a life of love, as an artist, outside the grip of the Brisbane underworld and its drug queen 'Lady' Flora Box.
There's only one person who can help make her dreams come true: Lola. To find her, the girl with no name must do one of the hardest things we can. She must look in the mirror.
Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, LOLA IN THE MIRROR is the irresistible new novel from the international bestselling author of BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE and ALL OUR SHIMMERING SKIES.
WHAT READERS LOVE ABOUT THIS BOOK:
'A unique and exciting author… There is an air of the mystical and fantastical in Dalton's writing' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'So well-written and thoroughly entrancing… Life-changing' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'What an amazing, beautiful novel. Deep, involving, colourful… I thoroughly enjoyed' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Critics Review
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'A boisterous romp that spotlights serious social issues' Daily Mail
'A Down Under Demon Copperhead… it's more than feel-good, it's feel-everything. What a triumph' A. J. FINN
'Unpredictable, fantastic… It takes a charged narrative, like Dickens achieves, and as Dalton does too, to reach the heart and the brain – writing that is able to carry both stories, the individual and the political/personal… To tell you more would spoil this complicated and surprising story. You should read it.' Sydney Morning Herald
'Trent Dalton's third novel reminds me of the 1980s advertising slogan for the author's home state of Queensland: Beautiful one day, perfect the next … Lola in the Mirror is a bold, big-hearted, hopeful, humorous, dark, reflective, truthful, superbly written novel that confirms Dalton's place in all the shimmering skies (to borrow the title of his second novel) of Australian literature. He is not a rising star but a star full stop.' The Australian
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Details
- Author
- Trent Dalton
- Narrator
- Victoria Graves
- Duration
- 13 hours 39 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 January 2024
- ISBN
- 9780008702236
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Narrative theme: coming of age, Narrative theme: politics / economics, Narrative theme: sense of place, Narrative theme: social issues / social problems
Synopsis
‘A boisterous romp that spotlights serious social issues’ DAILY MAIL 'A Down Under Demon Copperhead… it's more than feel-good, it's feel-everything. What a triumph' A. J. FINN Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, this is the irresistible new novel from the internationally bestselling author of BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE and ALL OUR SHIMMERING SKIES. 'Mirror, mirror, on the grass, what's my future? What's my past?' A girl and her mother have been on the run for sixteen years, from police and the monster they left in their kitchen with a knife in his throat. The girl has no name, but she has a dream – for a life of love, as an artist, outside the grip of the Brisbane underworld and its drug queen 'Lady' Flora Box. There's only one person who can help make her dreams come true: Lola. To find her, the girl with no name must do one of the hardest things we can. She must look in the mirror. Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, LOLA IN THE MIRROR is the irresistible new novel from the international bestselling author of BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE and ALL OUR SHIMMERING SKIES. WHAT READERS LOVE ABOUT THIS BOOK: 'A unique and exciting author… There is an air of the mystical and fantastical in Dalton's writing' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'So well-written and thoroughly entrancing… Life-changing' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'What an amazing, beautiful novel. Deep, involving, colourful… I thoroughly enjoyed' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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