Nikki and the children run away to London and decide to change their names in order to prevent Jay from tracking them down.

She had previously put up with the violent nature from her husband, but now he had turned to violence against Jayni, Nikki felt they had to leave. However Jayni refuses to go to bed and as a result, Jay gets angry and hits both Jayni and Nikki, he then leaves the house. As Jay goes to hit Nikki, she tells Jay to let her put the kids to bed first. Jay gets angry at Nikki for becoming drunk and when they return home, he starts shouting at her. Jayni fears for herself because as Nikki and Jay 'drank lots' it would almost always 'end in a fight'. Friday's and spend a lot of money on an elaborate meal and drinks. Jay, Nikki, Jayni and her little brother, Kenny, go out to T.G.I. However, Nikki decides to tell Jay anyway because he reveals he has left his job and is joining a mini-cab firm but needs to provide the car. They decide to not tell Jayni's father, Jay, who they fear will spend it on his friends on drinks at the pub or losing it by going to a betting shop. In the beginning, Jayni's mother, Nikki Fenton, wins £10,000 lottery money on a scratchcard. The story deals with the issues of domestic abuse, child abuse and breast cancer. Mum becomes Victoria Luck, Kenny becomes Kendall Luck (as it is easy for him to remember) and Jayni becomes Lola Rose Luck.

The family adopt new names to help prevent their father tracing them. It revolves around the life of a young girl called Jayni Fenton who runs away to London with her mother Nikki and younger brother Kenny, after her father physically abuses her mother and, eventually, Jayni herself. Lola Rose is a children's novel by Jacqueline Wilson, first published in 2003. Print (hardback & paperback) and audiobook

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