There Once Was a Lonely Pickle

by Amina Akhtar

The Lonely Pickle feels out of place, stuck in a jar all by himself, while others treat him unkindly for being different.

Frustrated and confused, he’s determined to find out why.

Join him on a heartwarming journey of self-discovery as he searches for answers and learns what it truly means to belong.

28 pages, Paperback

Published February 21, 2025

About the author

Amina Akhtar is a former fashion writer and editor. She’s worked at Vogue, Elle.com, Style.com, NYTimes.com, and NYMag.com where she was the founding editor of The Cut blog. She’s written for numerous publications, including Yahoo Style, Fashionista, xoJane, Refinery29, Billboard, and for brands like Bergdorf Goodman and H&M’s 10 Years of Style tome. After toiling in the fashion ranks for over fifteen years, she now writes full time in the desert mountains, where she’s detoxing from her once glam life. #FashionVictim is Amina’s first novel.