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Let s say I was born when I came over the George Washington Bridge… This is how we meet unforgettable Tess, the twenty-two-year-old at the heart of this stunning first novel. Shot from a mundane, provincial past, she s come to New York to look for a life she can t define, except as a burning drive to become someone, to belong somewhere.After she stumbles into a coveted job at a renowned restaurant, we spend the year with her as she learns the chaotic, punishing, privileged life of a backwaiter on duty and off. Her appetites – for food, wine, knowledge, and every kind of experience – are awakened. And she s pulled into the magnetic thrall of two other servers – a handsome bartender she falls hard for, and an older woman she latches onto with an orphan s ardour. These two and their enigmatic connection to each other will prove to be Tess s hardest lesson of all. Sweetbitter is a story of discovery, enchantment and the power of what remains after disillusionment.