Lola Bensky
by Lily Brett
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Pub Date Sep 10 2013 | Archive Date Aug 15 2013
Counterpoint/Soft Skull Press | Counterpoint
Description
Lola 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.
Lola 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.
Lola 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.
Lola 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.
Lola 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.
Advance Praise
Praise for the Australian edition of Lola Bensky
“Brett delivers an entertaining story that is also full of heart.” —Australian Bookseller and Publisher
“A touching look at a woman's quest for self-understanding.” —Who Weekly
“Funny, warm and insightful.” —Herald Sun
“For Brett, resolution has come through creative remembering and retelling, and by constructing a fine comic novel from an unspeakable tragedy.” —Australian Book Review
“A witty novel you'll struggle to put down.” —Grazia
"Brett has created in Lola a typically winning character: curious, self-conscious, naive and neurotic, a wary Jewish girl locked in trench warfare with her waistline." —Age
"Lily Brett has again mined dark corners of her past for her latest novel, but she has also tapped into a happier source." —Age
“A book that will entertain legions of readers.” —Courier Mail
“An entertaining story that is also full of heart.” —Bookseller+Publisher
“Lily Brett's heroines exude curiosity and Lola Bensky is no exception.” —Sun-Herald
“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.” —Melbourne Times Weekly
“Lola Bensky will thrill [Brett's] fans: finally a book based on her extraordinary experiences as a reporter for Australia's first music magazine, Go-Set, during the most exciting era in pop music history.” —Australian Jewish News
Praise for the German edition of Lola Bensky
"This is Lily Brett’s way of coming to terms with the past: tragic and at the same time unsettlingly funny.” —Elle
“Brett delivers an entertaining story that is also full of heart.” —Australian Bookseller and Publisher
“A touching look at a woman's quest for self-understanding.” —Who Weekly
“Funny, warm and insightful.” —Herald Sun
“For Brett, resolution has come through creative remembering and retelling, and by constructing a fine comic novel from an unspeakable tragedy.” —Australian Book Review
“A witty novel you'll struggle to put down.” —Grazia
"Brett has created in Lola a typically winning character: curious, self-conscious, naive and neurotic, a wary Jewish girl locked in trench warfare with her waistline." —Age
"Lily Brett has again mined dark corners of her past for her latest novel, but she has also tapped into a happier source." —Age
“A book that will entertain legions of readers.” —Courier Mail
“An entertaining story that is also full of heart.” —Bookseller+Publisher
“Lily Brett's heroines exude curiosity and Lola Bensky is no exception.” —Sun-Herald
“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.” —Melbourne Times Weekly
“Lola Bensky will thrill [Brett's] fans: finally a book based on her extraordinary experiences as a reporter for Australia's first music magazine, Go-Set, during the most exciting era in pop music history.” —Australian Jewish News
Praise for the German edition of Lola Bensky
"This is Lily Brett’s way of coming to terms with the past: tragic and at the same time unsettlingly funny.” —Elle
Marketing Plan
National print campaign focusing on top dailies, magazines, and fiction outlets
Radio campaign targeting shows at NPR and top 10 markets
Online campaign featuring blogs, interviews, podcasts and op-eds
Outreach to Jewish and music-oriented book clubs
Author events in New York City
Promotion at BEA
Radio campaign targeting shows at NPR and top 10 markets
Online campaign featuring blogs, interviews, podcasts and op-eds
Outreach to Jewish and music-oriented book clubs
Author events in New York City
Promotion at BEA
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781593765231 |
| PRICE | $25.00 (USD) |
