Lonesome When You Go
Saradha Koirala
Makaro Press
2016

Lonesome When You Go by Saradha Koirala is about a bass player called Paige. Paige is a year 12 student in a fictional New Zealand college. She is obsessed with a competition called Rockfest which her band, Vox Pop, plans to enter. As the book goes on and it gets closer to Rockfest some things don’t go quite to Paige’s plan and she must decide what really matters to her. The band gets put under more and more pressure as the competition nears. It’s not possible for Vox Pop to withstand the kind of pressure that they are putting on themselves, something is going to have to give.  Read more

Lonesome When You Go
Saradha Koirala
Mākaro Press
2016

Meet Paige. At the age of 16, she plays bass in a high school rock band, Vox Pop. At the moment, they have only one goal in mind, to qualify for the regional music competition Rockfest. Paige’s role is to keep it steady, both in the band and with her friends. But, sometimes, it’s not that easy. Keeping the rhythm gets hard and you momentarily lose control. And, at times, it takes a while to get “back in time”.

Things this year have started off normally for Paige. The band is in reasonable gear, her friends are as jaunty as ever, and things at home seem to be going fine.  Read more