SOLVED. YA Dystopian London, upper class girl caught in riot in Department store. Read in 1980s or 1990s. [s]

[Jenny]

YA dystopian London, upper class girl is caught in riot in Department store. Boy from wrong side of the tracks saves her. They start a relationship and she ends up leaving home to live on a farm where a group of them work together to survive.

Read in 1980s or 1990s. Themes included class and socialism.

[Capn]

Anything on the Fiction Set in Department Stores list?
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

[Alan]

The Patchwork People by Louise Lawrence looks like a possibility. A future dystopia set in Wales (not London), it has a rich girl caught in a riot in a department store and being rescued by a poor boy.

[bookel]

Also titled The Disinherited.

[Jenny]

Alan wrote: "The Patchwork People by Louise Lawrence looks like a possibility. A future dystopia set in Wales (not London), it has a rich girl caught in a riot in a department store and being res..."
Hi Alan, thank you so much for solving this mystery! I have been looking for this book for years. Much appreciated!

[Jenny]

SOLVED! The name of the book was The Patchwork People by Louise Lawrence! Thank you Alan for solving this mystery!

[Alan]

No worries. Always a pleasure.