Book Of The Month for September was Careering by Daisy Buchanan. For online Book Clubbers there are some questions below for you to get involved with. Either answer in the comments section or use as discussion points at your next Book Club. If you haven’t read the book check out the Lowdown all about it here
Careering – the blurb
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 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 realises 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…
Discussion Points
The following are written with the presumption you have read Careering. If you haven’t, bookmark the post and come back to answer the questions later.
- On the face of it Imogen is living a fabulous life, yet behind the facade is a penniless girl from a difficult family. Who else is living a double life in the book?
- The book is set around the publishing industry but are the issues it raises present in other industries?
- Was Imogen’s relationship with Sam Strong all bad? Were there any positives?
- Why was Harri such a fan of Imogen?
- Do you think Touch will be successful? Was the ending too sweet compared to the rest of the book?
Get Involved
Feel free to answer as many of the questions as you want. Post your replies below, discuss with us on social media using @BookSocialUK, or pose some questions of your own. If you enjoyed the questions, have a go at previous month’s Get Involved: The White Ship.
