Lola Rose
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Lola Rose is kissed against her will by a boy called Ross, who only lets her go after Ms Balsam's dogs chase him away.
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As mentioned in "does a pet die", Bubble the goldfish dies partway into the story. There is also a small mention of Kendall watching Jaws and being sad when the shark dies.
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Does a pet die?
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Bubble the goldfish is mentioned to have died partway into the story.
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Victoria vomits after she comes home drunk after being fired from her job.
Lola Rose vomits at school from stress when Victoria is in hospital.
Lola Rose vomits at school from stress when Victoria is in hospital.
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Jay is physically and verbally abusive towards Lola Rose. Victoria is also verbally abusive to Lola Rose at times and hits her twice. She also leaves the kids (10-11 and 5 years old) alone in the flat without a proper babysitter, which counts as negligence, despite the fact that she does love them.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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When Jay goes to attack Nikki after reuniting with her, Barbara kicks him in the crotch.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Does someone die by suicide?
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it's mentioned many times and the whole story pretty much revolves around it, jay abuses his wife and then starts on lola for a bit, he hits them both at the beginning of the book
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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It's a hopeful ending. Lola Rose and her family are going to live with Auntie Barbara in her pub which gives them a stable home and protection from Jay. However, Lola Rose has to leave her friend Harpreet behind, and there's always a chance of Victoria's cancer returning. The book ends by saying 'fingers crossed' to reflect the hopeful uncertainty of their future.
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Is there sexual content?
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A very brief passage states that Lola Rose hears Jake and her mother sighing in the other room and the bed creaking - nothing more is said than that.
Harpreet and Lola Rose also have a sex education lesson at school and laugh about 'willies' and 'boobies', but it doesn't go into great detail and is just written as childish fun.
Harpreet and Lola Rose also have a sex education lesson at school and laugh about 'willies' and 'boobies', but it doesn't go into great detail and is just written as childish fun.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Lola Rose cuts her finger on a tin of beans - it isn't illustrated or described in graphic detail beyond being a small cut, though.
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Are there abusive parents?
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Jay is physically and emotionally abusive; Nikki/Victoria is emotionally abusive and negligent at times. Nikki's father/Lola Rose's grandfather was also stated to be physically abusive to his daughters.
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Are there fat jokes?
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Victoria makes jokes about her sister Barbara, who is overweight. Also in a non-joking way, a lot of attention is brought to Barbara's weight both in the narration and the dialogue.
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Never explicitly stated, but Victoria/Nikki is stated to have said some horrible things to Steve and Andy, the neighbours upstairs, for being 'too friendly' to her boyfriend Jake. Given that Steve and Andy are implied to be a gay couple and were 'mortally offended' at Victoria's words, it can be assumed that she said some manner of homophobic slur, though no such words are written out.
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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Briefly - after Victoria comes home from the hospital after her cancer operation she gets in touch with Jay and gives him her address, excited to be back together with Jay despite the fact that he'd beaten her up so many times and hit Lola Rose. However once Jay goes to attack her again and is driven away by Barbara, she puts Jay out of her mind for good.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Briefly and infrequently. Victoria/Nikki is stated to be incredibly attractive, to the point where men stop in the street, honk their horns and say things to her - though Victoria is never offended by this.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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There's a short passage that mentions Kendall walking around in Lola Rose's high heels 'like a miniature drag queen'.
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Is there a large age gap?
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Victoria and Jake, though not overly so. Jake is 20, and Victoria was 17 when she had Lola Rose, who is 10 or 11, making Victoria about 27 or 28.
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Is there copaganda?
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The police are mentioned to be useless about domestic violence cases by Nikki.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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not sure if jay is mentally ill but he is violent
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Victoria/Nikki, who was abused by Jay, becomes abusive to Lola Rose, mostly verbally, though she does hit her twice. She also leaves Lola Rose and Kendall home alone. No matter how much she loves her children and the circumstances are against her, it does all count as abuse.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Not destroyed, but worth mentioning - partway into the story, Kendall loses his toy shark which renders him inconsolable. The toy is quickly replaced, but it may still be upsetting to those who are sensitive to the thought of losing a beloved toy.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Kendall, who is 5, is mentioned to wet the bed, which is a behaviour associated with traumatised and abused children. It isn't specifically mentioned to be PTSD, but it's up to the reader to decide, having witnessed Jay's past abuse of Victoria/Nikki.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Not in that exact way, but when Jay reunites with Victoria he says that he had been ready to top (kill) himself after she ran away with the kids.
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Mrs Parker, a neighbour in the new flats, is mentioned to have dementia, since she asks the same questions every day.
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Does someone miscarry?
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No, but after Jake talks about Victoria needing to go to the doctor's, Lola Rose and Harpreet assume that Victoria is pregnant with Jake's baby. Later, when Lola Rose learns that Victoria had not been pregnant and tells Harpreet that there is no baby, Harpreet asks if Victoria had lost the baby/miscarried before being told that there never was a baby in the first place.
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Jay is physically abusive to Nikki. Early in the story, he also slaps his daughter Jayni across the face.
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Kendall is mentioned to wet himself in bed a few times in the new flat, after he and Lola Rose visit Victoria in hospital, and when Jay shouts at the family after finding Jake's underwear.
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Does a parent die?
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SPOILER victoria comes close to death but luckily doesn't
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Is someone stalked?
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The prospect of Jay finding Lola Rose and the others is a constant threat throughout the book, but it is Victoria who gives him their address after she returns home from her stay in hospital.
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Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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Kendall is called a crybaby.
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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Only briefly mentioned, though - Lola Rose mentions that in their old school, Kenny used to get beaten up by the other kids.
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Does someone have cancer?
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Victoria/Nikki has breast cancer. She is operated on and receives chemotherapy.
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Does someone cheat?
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Victoria/Nikki is mentioned to have cheated on Jay with a footballer before the start of the story, and her being with Jake technically counts as cheating.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Victoria/Nikki consumes excess alcohol during stressful times such as when Jake wants her to go to the doctor about a lump in her breast, and the night before her hospital stay.
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Is someone terminally ill?
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Not in the present, but still worth a mention - Lola Rose's grandmother and Harpreet's great-aunt are both mentioned to have died of cancer before the events of the book.
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After Jay beats Jayni and Nikki, he spits at both of them.
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Partway through the book, Kendall has a meltdown because he lost his toy shark. There's no audio or visuals of it since it's a book.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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No, but Lola Rose worries multiple times about Kendall being kidnapped - once when she and Kendall are home alone, and another time when Jake and Kendall disappear at Camden market.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Not too badly. The story is narrated as though Lola Rose is telling her story directly to the reader.
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Not explicitly - but Lola Rose can quite easily be read as potentially having OCD, given she has a 'voice of doom' in her head during stressful times that tells her to perform tasks in the hopes of making the situation better.
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Are there sharks?
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George the shark in the aquarium - sharks are also used as a sort of recurring motif in the story to represent Jay, Lola Rose's dad. Kenny also has a shark plush.
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Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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Jayni, Nikki and Kenny run away from home without saying goodbye to get away from Jay after he hit Jayni.
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Lola Rose, Victoria and Kendall are briefly homeless after they leave Jay's flat, but they stay in hotels until they are given keys to a flat.
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