Discontent - Beatriz Serrano, Mara Faye Lethem (Translator)

Written by Beatriz Serrano, Mara Faye Lethem (Translator)
Read by Emer Kenny
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

Brought to you by Penguin.

Life can’t go on like this – can it?

An audacious, darkly funny, perfect summer read about a young woman in Madrid whose office persona threatens to crack when she’s forced to attend her company’s annual retreat

On the surface, Marisa’s life looks enviable. She lives in a nice apartment in the heart of Madrid, her friendly neighbour and lover Pablo lives downstairs, and she’s risen quickly through the ranks at a successful advertising agency.

And yet Marisa hates her job and everything about it. Over one hot summer she finds herself in danger of being exposed when she’s forced to deliver a talk on creativity at a horrendous team-building retreat. Surrounded by psychopathic bosses, flirty facilitators, and an excess of drugs, Marisa is pushed to the brink of a complete spiral.

Discontent is a bold, biting novel about acting on our wilder impulses to reclaim our lives from work.

This book is for everyone who has ever wanted more: more time, more meaning, more connection.

‘Serrano writes with a caustic flair for detail, with charm and utter hilarity. Absolutely brilliant’ Danya Kukafka, author of Notes on an Execution

‘Intelligent, engaging … totally hilarious’ Aysegül Savas, author of The Anthropologists

Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins
Release date: 08-21-25