Lola in the Mirror

‘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'

‘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'