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Girls meets Kitchen Confidential

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´A fantastic read - think Girls meets Kitchen Confidential ´ Stylist

´An adrenalised love song´ Mail on Sunday

´A stunning debut novel´ Jay McInerney, author of Bright Lights, Big City

AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A USA TODAY BESTSELLER AN INDIE BESTSELLER
Tess is the 22-year-old narrator of this stunning first novel. Moving to New York, a place at the centre of the universe, from a place that feels like ´nowhere to live´, she lands a job at a renowned Union Square restaurant and begins to navigate the chaotic and punishing life of a waiter, on and off duty. As her appetites awaken - not just for food and wine but also for knowledge and friendship - Tess becomes helplessly drawn into a dark, alluring love triangle.
Sweetbitter is a novel of the senses. Of taste and hunger, of love and desire, and the wisdom that comes from our experiences, both sweet and bitter.

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´Outrageously good, with some of the most exquisite food-writing I´ve come across.´
Irish Independent

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Stephanie Danler attended Kenyon College and received her MFA in Fiction from The New School. Upon arriving in New York she reluctantly turned down an entry level job at a publishing house (upon learning the salary was incommensurate with paying rent) and found work as a back-waiter in Union Square Cafe. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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