{"product_id":"lola-bensky-by-lily-brett","title":"Lola Bensky by Lily Brett - USED","description":"\u003cp\u003eLola Bensky is a nineteen-year-old rock journalist who irons her hair straight and asks a lot of questions. A high-school dropout, she's not sure how she got the job - but she's been sent by her Australian newspaper right to the heart of the London music scene at the most exciting time in music history- 1967.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLola spends her days planning diets and interviewing rock stars. In London, Mick Jagger makes her a cup of tea, Jimi Hendrix (possibly) propositions her and Cher borrows her false eyelashes. At the Monterey International Pop Festival, Lola props up Brian Jones and talks to Janis Joplin about sex. In Los Angeles, she discusses being overweight with Mama Cass and tries to pluck up the courage to ask Cher to return those false eyelashes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLola has an irrepressible curiosity, but she begins to wonder whether the questions she asks these extraordinary young musicians are really a substitute for questions about her parents' calamitous past that can't be asked or answered. As Lola moves on through marriage, motherhood, psychoanalysis and a close relationship with an unexpected pair of detectives, she discovers the question of what it means to be human is the hardest one for anyone - including herself - to answer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on her own experiences as a young journalist, the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eToo Many Men\u003c\/i\u003e has created an unforgettable character in the unconventional and courageous Lola. Genuinely funny and deeply moving, \u003ci\u003eLola Bensky\u003c\/i\u003e shows why Lily Brett is one of our most distinctive and internationally acclaimed authors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Brett delivers an entertaining story that is also full of heart.' \u003ci\u003eAustralian Bookseller and Publisher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'A touching look at a woman's quest for self-understanding.' \u003ci\u003eWho Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Funny, warm and insightful.' \u003ci\u003eHerald Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'For Brett, resolution has come through creative remembering and retelling, and by constructing a fine comic novel from an unspeakable tragedy.' \u003ci\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'A witty novel you'll struggle to put down.' \u003ci\u003eGrazia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'A book that will entertain legions of readers.' \u003ci\u003eCourier Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'An entertaining story that is also full of heart.' \u003ci\u003eBookseller+Publisher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Lily Brett's heroines exude curiosity and Lola Bensky is no exception.' \u003ci\u003eSun-Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Brett's sixth book hooks you in, not just because of her characteristic wit, but because she was a rock journalist herself back in the day.' \u003ci\u003eMelbourne Times Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'\u003ci\u003eLola Bensky\u003c\/i\u003ewill thrill Brett's fans- finally a book based on her extraordinary experiences as a reporter for Australia's first music magazine, \u003ci\u003eGo-Set\u003c\/i\u003e, during the most exciting era in pop music history.' \u003ci\u003eAustralian Jewish News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hamish Hamilton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43570482675775,"sku":null,"price":9.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/8626\/8223\/files\/24610083482873.jpg?v=1784780235","url":"https:\/\/bookconnection.com.au\/products\/lola-bensky-by-lily-brett","provider":"The Book Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}