Waiting: The True Confessions of a Waitress

by Debra Ginsberg

Overview

"Ginsberg got her education in restaurants and she doles it out just right in this entertaining account." - PEOPLE MAGAZINE "Funny and ultimately satisfying." - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY Ginsberg takes readers on an intimate journey of her twenty years as a waitress at the dingiest of diners, a soap-operatic Italian restaurant, an exclusive five-star dining club, and more. This book chronologically takes you through Debra Ginsberg's career as a waitress. Through her wonderful stories, you get to see her develop as a waitress, and more importantly, mature as a person. Over her twenty-year span of waitressing, you get to live through her struggles, financial woes, and life awakenings. For her, waiting tables was a career which she struggled with while seeking a "true job". But the money from waitressing was just too good. Her tips were essential in the raising of her son as a single parent, and waitressing also allowed her to spend quality time with him.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780060932817
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	07/28/2001
Series:	Harper Perennial
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.72(d)

About the Author

Debra Ginsberg is the author of Waiting: The True Confessions of a Waitress and Raising Blaze: Bringing Up an Extraordinary Son in an Ordinary World. A graduate of Reed College, she is a contributor to NPR's All Things Considered and the San Diego Union-Tribune "Books" section.