One of One

By: Tregenza, Luke

Before a child speaks, they are already listening. On opposite sides of the same river, two best friends are expecting babies in the same season. Tessa, who has spent her whole life making herself small. Bec, who has planned every inch of the child she is certain she is having. Neither gets the child she imagined One daughter arrives and quietly refuses to be hurried, teaching a racing, half-asleep family how to stop, and look, and love the small bright things they have been running past for years. One son arrives already, entirely himself, and will wait a long time for the people who love him most to catch up. Spanning seventeen years on the Western Australian coast, One of One follows two families as they learn the hardest and most beautiful lesson a child can teach: that love means seeing the person actually in front of you, not grieving the one you planned for. A luminous, tender novel about grief and joy, difference and belonging, and the fierce, unrepeatable people who remake us simply by being exactly who they are. Because no child is a lesson. Each is only, and completely, itself.
One of one.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H8X1QWYB
• ISBN13: 9798187255108
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"