Lola in the Mirror

LOLA IN THE MIRROR is a novel by Trent Dalton that explores serious social issues through a bighearted, gritty, magical, and moving story. It follows a girl and her mother who have been on the run for sixteen years, seeking a life beyond the Brisbane underworld drug queen Lady Flora Box. The girl has a dream of becoming an artist of international acclaim, but to find Lola, she must first look in the mirror.

Format: Hardback
Length: 480 pages
Publication date: 18 July 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

LOLA IN THE MIRROR is a captivating and thought-provoking novel by international bestselling author Trent Dalton. Set in the gritty and dangerous world of the Brisbane underworld, the story follows a girl and her mother who have been on the run for sixteen years, fleeing from the police and the monster they left in their kitchen with a knife in his throat. They have found a home inside a van with four flat tires parked in a scrapyard by the edge of the Brisbane River. The girl, who has no name due to the dangers of being on the run, has a dream of becoming an artist of international acclaim, escaping the grip of the Brisbane underworld drug queen, Lady Flora Box, and finding love with the boy who is waiting for her on the bridge that spans a flooding, deadly river. However, to find Lola, the girl with no name must first do one of the hardest things we can ever do: look in the mirror. The novel explores the themes of love, fate, life, and death, and all the things we see when we look in the mirror: our past, our present, and our possible futures. It is a big, moving, blackly funny, violent, heartbreaking, and beautiful novel that will leave readers thinking long after they finish it.

Weight: 714g
Dimension: 241 x 165 x 42 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780008702205