'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.
