{"id":1610052,"date":"2022-09-01T15:15:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T19:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/?p=1610052"},"modified":"2022-09-01T15:15:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T19:15:08","slug":"divine-reviews-careering-by-daisy-buchanan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/divine-reviews-careering-by-daisy-buchanan\/","title":{"rendered":"Divine Reviews: Careering by Daisy Buchanan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Careering<\/em>\u00a0by Daisy Buchanan: About the Book<\/h2>\n

careering<\/i>\u00a0(verb)<\/b>
\n1.\u00a0working endlessly for a job you used to love and now resent entirely<\/b>
\n2.\u00a0moving in a way that feels out of control<\/b>
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\n<\/b>Imogen has always dreamed of writing for a magazine. Infinite internships later, Imogen dreams of\u00a0any<\/i>\u00a0job. Writing her blog around double shifts at the pub is neither fulfilling her creatively nor paying the bills.<\/p>\n

Harri might just be Imogen\u2019s fairy godmother. She\u2019s moving from the glossy pages of\u00a0Panache<\/i>\u00a0magazine to launch a fierce feminist site, The Know<\/em>. And she thinks Imogen\u2019s most outrageous sexual content will help generate the clicks she needs.<\/i><\/small>\u00a0But Imogen\u2019s fairy-tale ending soon sours as she finds herself putting more and more of herself into writing for a company that doesn\u2019t care if she sinks or swims.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s being exploited before her prot\u00e9g\u00e9 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 . . .<\/p>\n

The Review<\/h2>\n

Careering<\/em> by Daisy Buchanan<\/a> is all of the important s\u2019s \u2013 smart, savvy and sexy. It speaks to the perception of a what a dream career is versus the harsh reality.\u00a0 It is relatable whether you are at the beginning of your career or thinking you had reached the top, then discovering that you not only have to start over, but reinvent yourself. The two protagonists, Imogen and Harriet are at different points on the career spectrum, but both are struggling.<\/p>\n

Imogen is a 26-year old intern turned star columnist and Harriet is an editor-in-chief trying to make a go of\u00a0 a digital publication, The Know,\u00a0<\/em>that is set up internally for failure. The book gives a real look into the world of media. Seemingly glamourous from the outside but ego-crushing no matter what age you are on the inside.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Careering\u00a0<\/em>has something for every reader whether they are in their 20s and identify with Imogen\u2019s struggles both to find her place in the publishing world and in her own inner circle or if you are in your 40s and forced to face the fact that the job you were groomed for is doomed for you. It\u2019s eminently relatable. All of the characters are fleshed out and serve a purpose to drive the plot forward and none are caricatures.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There are moments when the book is LOL funny, and others when it is heartbreakingly sad. There are other parts of the book that feel so real that it could be happening in your own life. Careering<\/em> is the ideal book to read this long weekend as people get into routines for back to school or just to say good-bye to summer. It is unique in female contemporary fiction<\/a> because it focuses not on women finding their one true love but finding love for themselves.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Favourite Passage from the Book<\/h2>\n

\u201cI think about the early, breathless days doing work experience, especially at Panache, when I was so desperate, insecure and keen to be seen that I squeaked when I walked. And that the more time I spent there, as the gleam dulled and I got better at getting my head down \u2013 well, that was when Harri started to notice me. Now, even though work is going well, I\u2019m feeling chronically insecure again. I don\u2019t know why. If I could come across as being half as confident and capable as Akila, at anything, I\u2019d\u2026maybe relax is too strong a word, but I might be able to go back to sleep when my pounding heart wakes me at 4 a.m.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

This paragraph perfectly summarizes what it is like to be a woman who finally has her dream job, and still doesn\u2019t feel confident. We constantly think others are more capable than we are, without knowing that they too feel the same panic about doing better and seeming like the smartest person at the table in the workplace.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Careering\u00a0by Daisy Buchanan: About the Book careering\u00a0(verb) 1.\u00a0working endlessly for a job you used to love and now resent entirely 2.\u00a0moving in a way that feels out of control \u00a0…<\/div>\n
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