Sweetbitter (Random House Publishing)

Newly arrived in New York City, twenty-two-year-old Tess lands a job as a 'backwaiter' at a celebrated downtown Manhattan restaurant. What follows is the story of her education: in champagne and cocaine, love and lust, as she learns to navigate the chaotic life she has chosen. A young woman's coming-of-age story, set against the glitzy, grimy backdrop of New York's most elite restaurants.