Sometimes a book cover or a title will bring me to read and discover a book.  I feel as if I was lucky to find Sweetbitter, by Stephanie Danler, and found this to be an exciting and fascinating story.  It chronicles the employment of a young lady in New York City at a sophisticated and fancy restaurant, as she makes the transition to being a hard-working career person after college, all on her own.




Growing up is frequently a difficult challenge for anyone, and while our protagonist is already an adult, the finer points of regular employment bring about the character development that is a fine study for this engaging novel.




Of course there is love, hence the title.  There is some very nice sweetness, but as you may have guessed by the broken wineglass on the cover, there is also the bitterness of being an adult just starting out.  I believe that we have all learned of the not quite so perfect nature of love and life, and of the difficult occupation of living here on earth.  We learn that in life this is often made all the better by the nuances of finer living, delicious food, and good company.