Lola at Last - Junior Library Guild Selection

Move over, Elizabeth Bennet. The most infamous Bennet sister is here to tell her story.

Join Lola Barnes, a.k.a. a modern Lydia Bennet, at the beginning of a summer gone truly wrong: where a boat party-turned-fiery-fiasco ends with the ship, Lola’s summer plans, and her reputation truly sunk.

(The boat was barely on fire, for the record—and all the partygoers were just fine.)

Luckily, this disaster of a summer has another thing in store for her: a path of self-discovery she never saw coming.

Given an ultimatum—jail time, or spending the summer with the nonprofit Hike Like a Girl—she laces up her hiking boots and takes to the wilderness. Along the way, she’ll encounter unexpected friends, a sweet romance, strength she didn’t know she had—and herself, Lola, at last.

This Pride and Prejudice–inspired tale, a companion to J. C. Peterson’s Being Mary Bennet, spins a modern Lydia Bennet’s life into a tumultuous and hilarious coming-of-age journey, complete with misadventures, misunderstandings, mayhem, and a romance worthy of Darcy and Elizabeth themselves. 

What happens when the girl who lives for the spotlight is forced to get lost in the wilderness?

• A Modern P&P Retelling: Lola Barnes, the infamous Lydia Bennet of the 21st century, finally gets to tell her side of the story—and it’s nothing like you expect.
• Fish out of Water: After a boat party disaster, this designer-loving city girl is sentenced to a summer of hiking boots, mosquito bites, and zero cell service.
• Forced Proximity: Stuck in the wilderness with a group of strangers from Hike Like a Girl, Lola has to navigate new friendships and an unexpected—and totally off-limits—attraction.
• Found Family: She might have started the summer with an ultimatum, but Lola just might end it with a crew of unexpected friends who see her for who she truly is.