First published 2014
Fourteen-year-old Johanna dreams of escaping her chaotic family life. When her dad loses his job, she reinvents herself as the confident, witty Dolly Wilde and joins a rock music magazine. In the gritty London punk scene, Dolly explores sex, love, and the power of self-invention. But as she sheds her innocent persona, Johanna must balance her newfound independence with the needs of her struggling family.
Genres: fiction, coming-of-age, contemporary, adolescence
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: coming-of-age, fish-out-of-water, reinvention
Setting: London
Period: 20th-century
285 pages · Kindle Edition · Ebury Digital