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Sweetbitter
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INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER A thrilling novel of the senses and a coming of age tale following a small town girl into the electrifying world of New York City and the education of a lifetime at one of the most exclusive restaurants in Manhattan Perfect for readers of Kitchen Confidential and Blood Bones and Butter Twenty two and knowing no one Tess leaves home to begin her adult life in New York City Thus begins a year that is both enchanting and punishing in a low level job at the best restaurant in New York City Grueling hours and a steep culinary learning curve awaken her to the beauty of oysters the finest Champagnes the appellations of Burgundy At the same time she opens herself to friendships and love set against the backdrop of dive bars and late nights As her appetites sharpen for food and wine but also for knowledge experience and belonging Tess is drawn into a darkly alluring love triangle that will prove to be her most exhilarating and painful lesson of all Stephanie Danler deftly conjures the nonstop and purely adrenalized world of the restaurant conversations interrupted phrases overheard and suggestions below the surface Evoking the infinite possibility of being young in New York with heart stopping accuracy Sweetbitter is ultimately about the power of what remains after disillusionment and the wisdom that comes from experience sweet and bitter From the Hardcover edition Newly arrived in New York City twenty two year old Tess lands a job working front of house at a celebrated downtown restaurant What follows is her education in champagne and cocaine love and lust dive bars and fine dining rooms as she learns to navigate the chaotic enchanting punishing life she has chosen The story of a young woman s coming of age set against the glitzy grimy backdrop of New York s most elite restaurants in Sweetbitter Stephanie Danler deftly conjures the nonstop and high adrenaline world of the food industry and evokes
