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Careering

By: Daisy Buchanan
Narrated by: Celine Buckens, Jo Hartley
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Publisher's summary

Hilarious and unflinchingly honest, Careering takes a hard look at the often toxic relationship working women have with their dream jobs.

careering (verb)

1. working endlessly for a job you used to love and now resent entirely

2. moving in a way that feels out of control

Imogen has always dreamed of writing for a magazine. Infinite internships later, Imogen dreams of any job. Writing her blog around double shifts at the pub is neither fulfilling her creatively nor paying the bills.

Harri might just be Imogen's fairy godmother. She's moving from the glossy pages of Panache magazine to launch a fierce feminist site, The Know. And she thinks Imogen's most outrageous sexual content will help generate the clicks she needs. But Imogen's fairy-tale ending soon sours as she finds herself putting more and more of herself into writing for a company that doesn't care if she sinks or swims.

Neither woman is aware of the crucial thing they have in common. Harri, at the other end of her career, has also been bitten and betrayed by the industry she has given herself to. Will she wake up to the way she's being exploited before her protégé realizes that not everything is copy? Can either woman reconcile their love for work with the fact that work will never love them back? Or is a chaotic rebellion calling....

©2022 Daisy Buchanan (P)2022 Penguin Random House Canada
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Critic reviews

"A great great book. Daisy Buchanan has that special something that makes a wonderful popular fiction writer—acute observational skills, huge empathy and a perfect balance of light and shade. I loved loved loved Careering."—Marian Keyes

"I loved everything about [Careering]. It’s particularly brave and brilliant on female sexuality and the confusion and shame that can surround it, and how desperation to fit in can make you lose sight of who you are. . . . This thought-provoking, emotionally intelligent, hilarious, sexy and always sharp novel is a fabulous ride."—Daily Mail

"We are so ready for this book. Exploring the exhausting push-pull of trying to pin down a career you love but that doesn't love you back, Buchanan's book is set to capture the zeitgeist as so many of us question where we're at."—Stylist

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