One Story

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TRAILBLAZER. VISIONARY. ICON. CRIMINAL

In the sun-drenched chaos of 2010s Silicon Valley,a tech company's meteoric rise culminates in a devastating fall.Dot Van Jensen,the trailblazing CEO-turned-fugitive,narrates her story from a hidden corner of Indonesia.A scandal has painted her as the villain,a puppet-master who fractured democracy and paved the way for a darker future.But is the truth as cut and dry as the headlines seem to imply

While Dot weaves a tale of One Story's genesis, her co-foundersher son,Jon,whose formative years saw him sheltered from technology on a secluded ranch,and Rae,the enigmatic partner who saw in Dot a path to powergrapple with their own legacies.

As a documentary crew digs for the truth,a chorus of over a thousand voices,the company's employees,fill the pages with their own narratives.They always believed the work they were doing was putting them on the right side of history, and theyre not going to let it be told any other way. If anyone is going to take the fall, its going to be Dot, and if she wont fall, there are plenty who will push her.

One Story is a captivating look at ambition,betrayal,and the power of narrative in a world hungry for answers.It's a story where the lines between hero and villain are blurred,and the true cost of progress becomes a question mark shimmering in the California sun.

PRAISE FOR ONE STORY:

smart, funny and genuinely uniqueAnna Kate Blair, author of The Modern

'I loved this book so much.' Jane Flett, author of Freakslaw

'So funny, so weird, so joyfully cynical and blisteringly smart.' Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta, authors of Feast While You Can

PRAISE FOR SAD GIRL NOVEL:

a stroke of geniusDiana Reid, author ofLove & VirtueandSeeing Other People

wildly amusing, sharply relevantThe Australian

extremely relatableSydney Morning Herald

Brilliant. Daily Mail UK

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 ofWild ThingsandTell Me Everything

Relatable AF.Pedestrian.TV

Both inhabiting and deconstructing the genre, its meta and twisty, with a wry narrative voice. The Guardian

a humorous, heartfelt novel about finding ones identity and purpose, the expectations held against you, and following your dreams even if it means stepping out of your comfort zone.Readings Monthly

This book is a labour of writerly love, devoted to projects conceived and delivered.ArtsHub

Finkemeyer offers a beautifully crafted character with all the flaws we've come to embrace in our modern heroines.The Age

a punchy satireThe Saturday Paper

funny debutThe Age

glittering with acute and often funny observations about the ups and downs (mostly downs) of being an aspiring writer or an aspiring anything, reallyThe West Australian

Reviews

'This book is smart, funny and genuinely unique, exploring ways in which intelligence, naive ambition, freedom and unchecked optimism led to our current dystopian moment. It plays with both the tech world and the literary canon, commenting on a depraved new world as flawed and historically contingent as its predecessors. One Story drew me into the complex characters and relationships of the powerful, showing the ways in which their human eccentricities and desires can have outsize impact, and it also made me laugh, often, which is the best thing a book can do.' * Anna Kate Blair, author of THE MODERN *
'One Story is a perfect account of ambition, audacity, and gleefully terrible behaviour. The sentences are sharp, the longing is queer, and Dot is a genius weirdo whos so funny, Id let her get away with anything. I loved this book so much.'

* Jane Flett, author of FREAKSLAW *
'So funny, so weird, so joyfully cynical and blisteringly smart. One Story reads like a throwback to the excess and intelligence of David Foster Wallace and the 90s school of digression, with a driving plot and queer heartbeat.' * Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta, authors of FEAST WHILE YOU CAN *

Author Bio

Pip Finkemeyer is a novelist living in Naarm/Melbourne. Her debut Sad Girl Novel was published in 2023. You can find her writing in Harpers Bazaar, Kill Your Darlings, Big Issue, Eleven Stories: The Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize, Mojo Best of Fiction Anthology, and more. She has a Masters in Publishing and Editing from RMIT.

Pip has worked for tech companies in Australia and internationally, including a language learning app and in the not-for-profit space. She has a special interest in inclusive and accessible design. In this work as a UX writer, designer and researcher, she spent her days learning about the thoughts and feelings of people using the internet, and has tried to capture some of those thoughts and feelings in One Story.