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'Lona has dropped out of art school and no one is quite sure why, least of all Lona. It’s just that nothing in her life seems to make sense anymore, including art. She spends her days sneaking into the darkroom at her old school to develop photographs and her nights DJ-ing at the local roller disco.
'Her aimlessness terrifies her, but everyone else appears oblivious to her fears: her parents are bewildered by her sudden lack of ambition, her brother is preoccupied with his new girlfriend, and her best friend Tab seems to be drifting away. Even a budding relationship with a bass-playing, cello-shredding med student isn’t enough to shake her existential angst.
'Lona knows it’s up to her to figure out what she wants to do with her life: the problem is, she has absolutely no idea where to start.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Works about this Work
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What to Do with a Ken Doll? Three Wildly Different Young Adult Novels
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 425 2020; (p. 32-33)
— Review of Loner 2020 single work novel ; The End of the World Is Bigger Than Love 2020 single work novel ; You Were Made For Me 2020 single work novel -
Books Roundup
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , September 2020;
— Review of The Fogging 2020 single work novel ; Kokomo 2020 single work novel ; Loner 2020 single work novel
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Books Roundup
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , September 2020;
— Review of The Fogging 2020 single work novel ; Kokomo 2020 single work novel ; Loner 2020 single work novel -
What to Do with a Ken Doll? Three Wildly Different Young Adult Novels
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 425 2020; (p. 32-33)
— Review of Loner 2020 single work novel ; The End of the World Is Bigger Than Love 2020 single work novel ; You Were Made For Me 2020 single work novel
Awards
- 2021 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Young Adults' Fiction
- 2021 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature
- 2021 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Older Readers
- 2021 winner APA Book Design Awards — Best Designed Young Adult Book designed by Imogen Stubbs
- 2021 longlisted Indie Awards — Young Adult