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Sweetbitter
Sweetbitter

New York's heady gastronomic coming-of-age tale.

If you find yourself entranced by the seductive dance of city life and the complexities of growing up, "Sweetbitter" is your literary companion. Stephanie Danler captures the grit and sparkle of New York through Tess's eyes—a protagonist who dives headlong into the world of fine dining and self-discovery. You'll taste the bittersweet cocktail of youth, yearning, and the intoxicating rush of a life lived on the edge.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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by Stephanie Danler
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ISBN: 9781101911860
Authors: Stephanie Danler
Publisher: Vintage
Date of Publication: 2017-04-04
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary, Romance
Related Topics: Literature, Contemporary Romance
Goodreads rating: 3.33
(rated by 76494 readers)

Description

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. 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 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 the infinite possibilities, the unbearable beauty, and the fragility and brutality of being young and adrift.
 

New York's heady gastronomic coming-of-age tale.

If you find yourself entranced by the seductive dance of city life and the complexities of growing up, "Sweetbitter" is your literary companion. Stephanie Danler captures the grit and sparkle of New York through Tess's eyes—a protagonist who dives headlong into the world of fine dining and self-discovery. You'll taste the bittersweet cocktail of youth, yearning, and the intoxicating rush of a life lived on the edge.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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