{"product_id":"checking-out-1","title":"Checking Out","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'So biting and refreshingly honest that the real world feels just a little more ridiculous by comparison'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJinwoo Chong, author of \u003ci\u003eFlux\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Honest, intelligent and funny'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrea Abreu, author of \u003ci\u003eDogs of Summer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife is like a supermarket.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer name is Meryem, but you'd be surprised at how difficult people find that to spell. Meryem is twenty-five years old and has just started working at the offices of Supersaurio: the most important supermarket chain in the Canary Islands. Watched over by the chain's benevolent blue dinosaur logo, Meryem contends with co-workers \u003ci\u003ewho don't mean to sound sexist, but aren't women just harder work than men?\u003c\/i\u003e, a boss who seems determined to make Meryem's life as miserable as possible, and Omar - smart, funny, very-senior-but-nevertheless-seems-like-a-normal-person Omar, who also happens to be devastatingly handsome.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe follow Meryem as she makes the transition from intern, to temp, to arrive finally at the promised land of fixed employment - only to find that she might have left part of her soul behind.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'My relationship with this book has been 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'\u003cbr\u003e Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I want to meet Meryem for lunch'\u003cbr\u003eGoodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Down with work'\u003cbr\u003eGoodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54250061201752,"sku":"9781399734011","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781399734011_dfd088b2-54bd-4365-a018-2cd47aa63eaf.jpg?v=1766496627","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/checking-out-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}