Pip Finkemeyer

*THE MOST RELATABLE NOVEL SAD GIRLS WILL READ ALL YEAR* A laugh-out-loud-funny, addictive book book about growing up, finding your purpose and whether everyone really does have a novel within them, for fans of MONICA HEISEY, OTTESSA MOSHFEGH and COCO MELLORS. 'Pip Finkemeyer has drawn such a unique, funny and painfully astute character in Kim. I could keep reading her inner monologue forever. It is rare to pick up a novel so simultaneously hilarious and moving. I loved it.' Laura Kay, author of The Split 'A hilarious protagonist who you can't help but root for . . . Unique and smart with wry humour that will make you laugh out loud. I enjoyed following (and re-living) the trials and tribulations of being a 20-something writer desperate to prove herself to the world.' Emma Gannon, author of Olive Maybe my main character will slowly lose their mind too. Novels usually need an abandoned woman going crazy in them. It's gonna be, like, a sad girl novel. An Australian expat in Berlin, Kim is jobless, rootless, and - as she's slowly discovering - somewhat useless. That is until a chance encounter with Matthew, a hotshot New York literary agent, gives Kim the direction she's been craving. This year she will: * Finally write her novel * Decide what said novel is actually about * Romantically pin down the increasingly flighty Matthew * Be less jealous of best friend Bel's baby * Convince her therapist that the amount of artichokes she eats doesn't classify as an eating disorder * Stay sane in the process of achieving the above Because Kim's story will not become a sad girl novel. Definitely not. 'Brimful of humorous one-liners and subverted meme references' ArtHub 'Stays one step ahead of the reader by critiquing the genre's tropes and trademarks along the way' Guardian 'A book about finding yourself, losing yourself and everything in between . . . Will have you laughing, crying and wanting more' The Urban 'An irreverent voice that will have you reaching for a pen to underline every second sentence' Books + Publishing 'While Kimberley Mueller spends a lot of time wondering whether she's talented, Finkemeyer need have no such doubts. Finkemeyer's narrator . . . is a stroke of genius.' Diana Reid, author of Love & Virtue

Sad Girl Novel

'a stroke of genius.' - Diana Reid, author of Love & Virtue and Seeing Other People A young woman tries to figure out if she's the best (a creative genius) or if she's maybe just the worst (completely delusional). I'd be in heaven but on the edge of a deeper misery than ever, I'd be on top of the world and then they'd ask me, did you make the right choice Kim? Are you currently, still, making the right choices Kimberley Mueller? Over the course of a year in Berlin, an aspiring novelist, Kim, and her historian best friend, Bel, confront their twin acts of creation. Kim is becoming a writer, and is determined to write a bestseller. She's been convinced of this idea by Matthew, an American literary agent who is as emotionally unavailable as he is handsome (very). Kim lives in her own carefully constructed reality, which her imagination is constantly pumping full of hot air. As she attempts to buoy herself using other people for external motivation, they poke holes in her fantasies, leading her to wonder if she's going to come crashing down or somehow stay afloat. Meanwhile Bel is becoming a mother, and gives birth to a baby, certain it will fulfil her in ways her career does not seem to. Kim and Bel support and deceive each other as only the best of friends can. In the face of probable failure, how do we convince ourselves to try and become something anyway? And how do we live with the choices we make?

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