Loner

Set in Melbourne, Loner is a humorous and heartfelt exploration of new adulthood. Lona kills her days by sneaking into the dark room at her old art school to develop photographs. She kills her nights DJ-ing the roller disco at Planet Skate. She is in inexplicably, debilitatingly love with a bespectacled Doctor Who-obsessed former classmate, and in comfortable, platonic love with her best friend Tab. Lona works hard to portray a permanent attitude of cynicism and ennui but will her carefully constructed persona be enough to protect her from the inevitable sorrows and unexpected joys of adult life? Loner re-examines notions of social isolation experienced by young people, suggesting sometimes our own company can be a choice and not a failing.


Genre: Young Adult Fiction

"Loner is a very clever, unconventional and hilarious coming-of-age story. I loved it!" - Eliza Henry-Jones

"I loved this razor-sharp, whip-smart, exquisitely funny debut." - Nina Kenwood

"This is a book to push into the hands of everyone you know, especially those who ever had trouble knowing themselves." - Kate Mildenhall