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book review: Careering by Daisy Buchanan

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Careering  by Daisy Buchanan Overview: Imogen has spent her entire twenties trying to break into the magazine publishing world in London. Without a family to support her through the constant unpaid internships, she works nights at a factory and a bar. She's burning out on the glossy world she insistents on being a part of, but packing up to go home isn't much of an option either. As her career finally starts to come together as she's tapped to be a staff writer at a new publication, her friendships are falling apart and her life remains as precarious as ever. Chasing your dreams, and even achieving them, isn't all it's made out to be. Overall: 3.5 Characters: 3.5 The characters are what makes this book worth reading. Imogen forms a bit of a work family within the new magazine she makes it to, and while the individual people aren't particularly fleshed out, their bonds with each other do feel genuine and sweet. It's the found family against the odds bond that