A young widow struggles to survive the harsh conditions of life in the slums of Melbourne during the 1940s

Down by the Docks

Rohan, Criena

Literature & Fiction

Penguin??Books

The Delinquents

MOST GREAT LOVERS IF THEY LIVED TODAY WOULD BE CONSIDERED JUVENILE DELINQUENTS. AND SO IT IS WITH BROWNIE AND LOLA, TWO DISPLACED TEENAGERS WHO FIND THEIR HOMES IN EACH OTHER. BUT IN BRISBANE IN THE FIFTIES, THE AGE OF PONY TAILS, ROCK N ROLL AND BACKSTREET ABORTIONS, THOSE WHO GO THEIR OWN WAY ARE NOT REBELS BUT DELINQUENTS. IN THE EYES OF THE WORLD - THAT IS, OF THEIR MOTHERS, WELFARE AND THE COPS - THEY ARE UNPREPARED FOR ADULT RESPONSIBILITIES. DESPITE OUTSIDERS' ATTEMPTS TO SEPARATE THEM, THEY PROVE THEMSELVES CAPABLE OF SURVIVING IN A WORLD TO WHICH THEY GIVE A LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING THAT IS SELDOM RETURNED. 14/08/89 PROD LAUNCH 16/8/89 AGREED--25000X21.2X$2.99(15000X26P). SUB-10000. 'A' FORMAT. 208PP. OFFSET AUST. EDN. NEW COVER. MAX BULK.

Down by the Dockside

Rainbow Publishing

Brownie and Lola are young lovers in the 1950s when to be different is to be delinquent. Despite attempts to separate them, they make their own life in the city. But are they ready for adult responsibilities?

John Curley & Assoc

"A back-street Tristan and Isolde."—Daily Mail, 1962
"A triumph."—Times Literary Supplement, 1962
Brownie and Lola are young and in love. But the odds—not to mention their mothers, the cops, welfare officers and the stifling conventions of 1950s Brisbane—are against them. When they are forced to face adult responsibilities, will they rise to the challenge, or fall apart? Criena Rohan's classic novel of rock and roll, youthful rebellion and big dreams, is a love story for the ages. The 1989 film adaptation of this book was a box-office success and Kylie Minogue's first film.

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Romance

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Down by the Docks

The Delinquents

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Down by the Dockside

The Delinquents

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