
Checking Out
the hilarious and unputdownable international bestseller
$57.81
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
11 August 2025
Summary
Checking Out: A Supermarket Survival Guide
‘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*
Life is like a supermarket.
Her name is Meryem, but you’d be surprised at how difficult people find that to spell. Me…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399734011 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1399734016 |
| Author: | Meryem El Mehdati, Julia Sanches |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Sceptre |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 11 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 218mm x 142mm x 32mm |
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Critics Review
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 Flux
About The Author
Meryem El Mehdati
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.
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