Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
Lola in the Mirror cover art

Lola in the Mirror

By: Trent Dalton
Narrated by: Victoria Graves
Try for £0.00

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Listeners also enjoyed...

The Covenant of Water cover art
The Tilt cover art
A Prayer for Owen Meany cover art
So Late in the Day cover art
All the Murmuring Bones cover art
The Rachel Incident cover art
The Poisonwood Bible cover art

Summary

Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, LOLA IN THE MIRROR is the irresistible novel from international bestselling author of BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE and ALL OUR SHIMMERING SKIES, Trent Dalton.

'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. They've found themselves a home inside a van with four flat tyres parked in a scrapyard by the edge of the Brisbane River.

The girl has no name because names are dangerous when you're on the run. But the girl has a dream. A vision of a life as an artist of international acclaim. A life outside the grip of the Brisbane underworld drug queen 'Lady' Flora Box. A life of love with the boy who's waiting for her on the bridge that stretches across a flooding, deadly river. A life beyond the bullet that has her name on it. And now that the storm clouds are rising, there's only one person who can help make her dreams come true. That person is Lola and she carries all the answers. But to find Lola, the girl with no name must first do one of the hardest things we can ever do. She must look in the mirror.

From international bestselling author Trent Dalton, LOLA IN THE MIRROR is a big, moving, blackly funny, violent, heartbreaking and beautiful novel of love, fate, life and death and all the things we see when we look in the mirror: all our past, all our present, and all our possible futures.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2023 Blue Wren Projects Pty Ltd (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic reviews

'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.' 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...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

What listeners say about Lola in the Mirror

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    12
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    12
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    12
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Beautiful

Such a captivating story and written so beautifully. I think i have just found a new favourite author.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

An unforgettable read

Oh man. This was brilliant. Such a well developed character. The amount of times I just wanted to reach into the pages and give her a hug and tell her everything would be alright. Not that she needed it, because my god, she is a fierce, tenacious, resilient and remarkable human. This was such a pleasure to read (the narration was so good!). I feel a little sad letting Lola go, but so much joy as well. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 from me and a definite recommendation!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

What a performance !

Incredible story and brought to life by the narrator. Absolutely loved every minute ♥️. Catch myself replaying scenes in my head, I’m sure I will be listening to this again and again.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

A story about caring

Loved it all. Felt I was racing along with it like the river. Made me think about who holds me up out of my river. Realised I am now seen but know what it is like to not be seen. Grateful to have Trent Dalton in my life.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

I want to go immediately and reread

This book was so beautifully written. The story was an atypical coming of age story full of drama, horror, intrigue and humour. This book reminded me of both the beauty and the ugly in the world.
Considering this book has illustration and so many visual elements the delivery of this audio book managed to capture the beauty of this and allow I immediately looked up the images, the fact that this medium covered it so thoroughly is a credit to everyone involved.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!