One Small Click

By Ernesto Morissette

Chloe Marshall is a 37-year-old policy officer in London-capable, competent, and quietly convinced she doesn't belong in any room that matters. She's spent years watching from the sidelines, drafting reports no one reads, telling herself that people like her don't get invited to shape the future.

Then her three-year-old daughter Mia, sitting on her lap during a work-from-home morning, accidentally clicks a button. A LinkedIn connection request goes out to Emily Ashworth-one of the most influential figures in technology policy, someone Chloe has admired from afar but never dared approach.

Emily accepts. And her message changes everything: "I've been hoping you'd reach out."

What follows is an invitation Chloe never expected: a seat on a government commission drafting landmark AI legislation. Surrounded by luminaries and veterans, she must find her voice while battling the impostor syndrome that has defined her career. But when Emily reveals a decades-old letter from Chloe's late mother-a letter that explains why Emily was watching for her all along-Chloe faces a deeper question: Did she earn any of this? Or has her path been arranged by forces beyond her control?

One Small Click is a story about the doors that open for us and the courage it takes to walk through them. About grief, legacy, and the unexpected ways our parents shape who we become. About discovering that the space you've been afraid to claim was yours all along.A Novel About: Finding your voice in rooms where you feel you don't belongThe complicated inheritance of a parent's belief in youHow one small accident can redirect the course of a lifeThe difference between being given an opportunity and earning your placeFor Readers Who Love: Character-driven contemporary fictionStories about professional women navigating career and familyNovels that explore impostor syndrome and self-doubtEmotionally resonant stories about mothers and daughtersBritish settings with authentic workplace dynamicsAbout the AuthorErnesto Morissette writes contemporary fiction exploring themes of identity, belonging, and the unexpected ways our lives can change. One Small Click is his debut novel. He lives in London.DisclaimerLinkedIn is a registered trademark of LinkedIn Corporation and its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. LinkedIn is used as a plot device in good faith belief of compliance with LinkedIn's Branding Guidelines.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GJ5BZFVK
• ISBN13: 9798244604146
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"