Cirrus@Austlit

'Lola and Brownie are too young to be in love. That’s the view of the world in the 1950s and their lives are taken over by their mothers and welfare. But Brownie and Lola are determined to be together and show they are capable of handling life. Survival on their own terms is a tough road to travel but also a triumph.'

(Penguin, 1986)

'At the end of two weeks of agonising waiting Lola knew she was pregnant.
Lola and Brownie were just kids - but old enough to know what the probing fingers of desire in their awakening bodies meant…
The delinquents is their story - a story of youthful passion turned into tragedy by the demands of adult-made rules. For Brownie they spelt disillusion and the dissolute pleasures of a man’s world… for Lola the degradation of the streets.'

(Panther, 1964)