Lola ‘in the mirror’ has lived with many names as she and Erica, her mother, shift endlessly from place to place. She is brought up lovingly by her drug running mum who keeps them on the run till Lola turns 18, so Welfare cannot find them and take Lola away. They live in campervan in a Brisbane junkyard with other semi homeless people in old cars, but it’s a caring community of misfits and poor people who cannot settle in to ordinary lives. The Web, a community centre for homeless, helps out with meals, showers etc. Lola is a talented young artist, always drawing the places and people she knows.
After Lola’s mother dies without telling her the truth about their lives, Lola gets mixed up with the local drug dealing syndicate and delivers drugs to their customers. Things go badly wrong, she is hunted by them to kill her but escapes through a series of misadventures. The novel does have a happier ending as Lola eventually breaks free and enrols in Art School.
Dalton, a former journalist, writes sympathetically about people on the fringe of society, many of whom do not have the chance to change their lives. A challenging read that most of us found a gripping story.
Next Month: 'The Book Club', by C. J. Cooper
Meg Dillon
After Lola’s mother dies without telling her the truth about their lives, Lola gets mixed up with the local drug dealing syndicate and delivers drugs to their customers. Things go badly wrong, she is hunted by them to kill her but escapes through a series of misadventures. The novel does have a happier ending as Lola eventually breaks free and enrols in Art School.
Dalton, a former journalist, writes sympathetically about people on the fringe of society, many of whom do not have the chance to change their lives. A challenging read that most of us found a gripping story.
Next Month: 'The Book Club', by C. J. Cooper
Meg Dillon
