
Checking Out
The hilarious and unputdownable international bestseller
Meryem El Mehdati(Author)
Sceptre (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 25. June 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-3997-3403-5 (ISBN)
Description
'This book has made me feel held and less alone in this world'
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'A bit like the friendships you make in the bathrooms of nightclubs. Meryem, I don't know you but I love you as if you were my lifelong friend'
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'Down with work'
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Meryem is twenty-five years old, drinks too much coffee, goes on dates with disappointing men and never says what she really thinks. She has just started her first job, in the head office of Supersaurio: the most important supermarket chain in the Canary Islands. As she makes the transition from intern, to temp, to arrive at the promised land of fixed employment - Meryem must contend with sexism, racism, job insecurity, and learn how to survive without losing your soul.
'So biting and refreshingly honest that the real world feels just a little more ridiculous by comparison'
Jinwoo Chong, author of Flux
'Honest, intelligent and funny'
Andrea Abreu, author of Dogs of Summer
Reader review, ? ? ? ? ?
'A bit like the friendships you make in the bathrooms of nightclubs. Meryem, I don't know you but I love you as if you were my lifelong friend'
Reader review, ? ? ? ? ?
'Down with work'
Reader review, ? ? ? ? ?
Meryem is twenty-five years old, drinks too much coffee, goes on dates with disappointing men and never says what she really thinks. She has just started her first job, in the head office of Supersaurio: the most important supermarket chain in the Canary Islands. As she makes the transition from intern, to temp, to arrive at the promised land of fixed employment - Meryem must contend with sexism, racism, job insecurity, and learn how to survive without losing your soul.
'So biting and refreshingly honest that the real world feels just a little more ridiculous by comparison'
Jinwoo Chong, author of Flux
'Honest, intelligent and funny'
Andrea Abreu, author of Dogs of Summer
Reviews / Votes
The bleakly hilarious Meryem El Mehdati's Checking Out renders a satire of youth, work, and ordinary life so biting and refreshingly honest that the real world feels just a little more ridiculous by comparison. I tore through this book -- Jinwoo Chong, author of <i>Flux</i>More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
N/A
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
230 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3997-3403-5 (9781399734035)
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Persons
Meryem El Mehdati (Rabat, 1991) studied Translation and Interpretation. She has been a private tutor, secretary, shop assistant, nanny, assistant director and internal comms specialist. Her debut novel Supersaurus was originally published in Spanish by Blackie Books in 2022. She has contributed to Vogue, SModa, La Provincia, El Salto and Igluu Magazine.