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The Waitress Kindle Edition
The Appetizer
Katie has lofty career aspirations that seem to change almost hourly: writer, film director, teacher, educational psychiatrist. In the meantime, she's waiting tables and waiting for "Mr. Right" to arrive out of the blue -- which seems unlikely, considering her romantic track record is as pitiful as her job history.
The Main Course
Still, a girl can dream, even when she's rushing a hot plate of linguini over to the nasty customer at table six. So when gorgeous, sensitive, perfect Dan Crichton asks her out, Katie's over the moon. But once again, commitment phobia rears its ugly head and dinner turns into the Great First Date Disaster -- and Katie's ideal romance is over before the goodnight kiss.
The Just Desserts
Things are tough when a woman wants it all and will not settle -- and has a little trouble making up her mind. But it's about to get really complicated for the Queen of Complications.
The Bill
Not only is Dan coming back -- as her new boss and engaged to someone else -- but persistent Ex-Boyfriend #3 Hugh's back too, with a vengeance. And suddenly there's a lot more on her tray than even the most able food service professional could safely handle ...
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherWilliam Morrow Paperbacks
- Publication dateOctober 13, 2009
- File size1660 KB
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About the Author
Melissa Nathan was born and raised in Hertfordshire and now lives in North London with her husband. A journalist for ten years, she writes novels full time and is the acclaimed author of The Nanny and Pride, Prejudice and Jasmin Field.
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- ASIN : B000UKON6W
- Publisher : William Morrow Paperbacks (October 13, 2009)
- Publication date : October 13, 2009
- Language : English
- File size : 1660 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 532 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,146,194 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #25,344 in Women's Romance Fiction
- #29,312 in Contemporary Romance Fiction
- #30,667 in Contemporary Women Fiction
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Part of what I enjoyed about “The Waitress” was just how relatable I found Katie to be – her indecisive nature, her attitude towards life, her ability to get super lost while driving, her extreme sarcastic nature – all attributes that I share. Her knack for becoming comfortable right before she has to wake up: “She rolled over. And then, oh joy, she was unable to move. She was, quite unexpectedly, more comfortable than she had ever been in her life. She focused on it so as not to forget the feeling. Yes, her body had chanced upon a position that made all other positions a nonsense. Her limbs felt light with the luxury of it. The spaced between them were perfection. There was probably an equation for it. Every feather in her duvet had found its optimum position, and as for her pillow, it was a cloud. Her head seemed to be cushioned in cotton wool. All thoughts were clear here. All emotions profound. Was this what heaven felt like? Why, she thought, had this not happened ten hours ago? Why had she spent an entire night trying to get this comfortable? Why had she not tried this position? It was hardly complicated. Her body almost hummed with happiness. She was the closest she’d ever come to purring. It felt as if time had stood still.” (The Waitress, pg 110/111). I thought this was pretty funny, and a good illustration of the way that Melissa Nathan writes.
Would I recommend this book? Yes, it was a fun read and it wasn’t overly predictable like many chic-lit novels tend to be. I liked that in addition to the perspective of Katie, we got a peak into the other character’s minds. I wouldn’t have minded a little more development with the other characters, but it was enjoyable. I probably wouldn’t go out of my way to read “The Waitress” again, but it was worth reading once. If I happened upon another novel by Melissa Nathan, I would read it.
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Zunächst wäre da Katie. Sie ist seit mehreren Jahren Kellnerin, und zwar us einem einfach Grund: sie hat beschlossen, so lange zu kellnern, bis sie sich für ihren Traumjob entschieden hat. Problem: Jede Woche fällt Katie ein toller neuer Job ein, den sie machen könnte. Also bleibt sie eben Kellnerin, obwohl außer ihr selbst niemand glaubt, dass sich das je ändern wird.
Katies Freundin Sukie ist auch nicht Kellnerin, weil sie den Job toll findet. Nein, Sukie - sehr klischeehaft, und dessen ist sie ich bewusst - hält sich mit Kellnern über Wasser, da ihre Schauspielkarriere nicht so recht anläuft.
Katie und Sukie sehnen sich nach Veränderungen in ihrem Leben. Auf einer Party lernt Katie Dan kennen, und sie verliebt sich sofort in ihn. Dieses Mal, so denkt sie, ist es etwas Ernstes. - Doch dann versiebt sie ihr erstes Date mit Dan komplett.
Katie hofft, dass sie Dan nie wieder sehen muss. Doch, wie das Leben so spielt - natürlich klappt das nicht! Ganz im Gegenteil, Katie und Dan müssen sich arrangieren. Das ist nicht so leicht, da beide in einem totalen Gefühlschaos stecken (Dans Freundin "zwingt" ihm eine Verlobung auf!) und nicht wissen, ob sie sich gegenseitig super finden oder bescheuert.
In diesem ganzen Chaos gibt es dann noch den Trubel im Café, den ganz normalen Wahnsinn mit den Eltern, Freunden etc.
Ein turbulentes Buch, das man nicht aus der Hand legen kann! Großartig! Lustig! Unverwechselbar! Einfach toll!