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Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 Sad Girl Novel
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'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.' 

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ultimo, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Ultimo Press , 2023 .
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      Extent: 320p.
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      • Published 7 June 2023
      ISBN: 9781761152023

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Book Review : Sad Girl Novel, Pip Finkemeyer Nanci Nott , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , June 2023;

— Review of Sad Girl Novel Pip Finkemeyer , 2023 single work novel

'A fundamentally meta novel that plays with its own understated self-awareness.'

A Glutton for Punishment Matilda Dixon-Smith , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2023;

— Review of Sad Girl Novel Pip Finkemeyer , 2023 single work novel

'It’s a tall order to critique the very thing you are creating as you’re creating it. In the wake of Sally Rooney’s dominance over—for want of a better descriptor—‘women’s literary fiction’, perhaps it’s now de rigueur for the white millennial author to interrogate why we all write what we write. The most famous investigation into the ‘literary sad girl’ still comes from Leslie Jamison, who ruminates on the impact of her own memoir The Recovering, and explores many of these women across history.' (Introduction)

Double Take on Literary Misery Alexandra Hill , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 8-9 July 2023; (p. 15)

— Review of Sad Girl Novel Pip Finkemeyer , 2023 single work novel

'Have you heard about the “sad girl” novel? If your answer is no, then this book probably is not for you. If, however, the genre is familiar and you happen to be a 20-something woman, then get your hands on Pip Finkemeyer’s debut work.' (Introduction)   

Shelf Reflection : Pip Finkemeyer Pip Finkemeyer , 2023 single work column
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , June 2023;
Millennial Woman Lost : Three Novels about Female Identity Laura Woollett , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 454 2023; (p. 36-37)

— Review of Sad Girl Novel Pip Finkemeyer , 2023 single work novel ; Crushing Genevieve Novak , 2023 single work novel ; Prettier If She Smiled More Toni Jordan , 2023 single work novel
Millennial Woman Lost : Three Novels about Female Identity Laura Woollett , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 454 2023; (p. 36-37)

— Review of Sad Girl Novel Pip Finkemeyer , 2023 single work novel ; Crushing Genevieve Novak , 2023 single work novel ; Prettier If She Smiled More Toni Jordan , 2023 single work novel
Double Take on Literary Misery Alexandra Hill , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 8-9 July 2023; (p. 15)

— Review of Sad Girl Novel Pip Finkemeyer , 2023 single work novel

'Have you heard about the “sad girl” novel? If your answer is no, then this book probably is not for you. If, however, the genre is familiar and you happen to be a 20-something woman, then get your hands on Pip Finkemeyer’s debut work.' (Introduction)   

A Glutton for Punishment Matilda Dixon-Smith , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2023;

— Review of Sad Girl Novel Pip Finkemeyer , 2023 single work novel

'It’s a tall order to critique the very thing you are creating as you’re creating it. In the wake of Sally Rooney’s dominance over—for want of a better descriptor—‘women’s literary fiction’, perhaps it’s now de rigueur for the white millennial author to interrogate why we all write what we write. The most famous investigation into the ‘literary sad girl’ still comes from Leslie Jamison, who ruminates on the impact of her own memoir The Recovering, and explores many of these women across history.' (Introduction)

Book Review : Sad Girl Novel, Pip Finkemeyer Nanci Nott , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , June 2023;

— Review of Sad Girl Novel Pip Finkemeyer , 2023 single work novel

'A fundamentally meta novel that plays with its own understated self-awareness.'

Shelf Reflection : Pip Finkemeyer Pip Finkemeyer , 2023 single work column
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , June 2023;
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