Compelling... [A] sure-bet read-alike for Stephanie Danlers Sweetbitter. --Booklist A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK by BuzzFeed, Goodreads, Electric Lit, New York Post, LitHub, BookRiot, and Library Journal The Bartender's Cure is a fiercely relatable coming-of-age debut novel about an aspiring bartender at the perfect Brooklyn neighborhood bar. Samantha definitely does not want to be a bartender. But after a breakup and breakdown in San Francisco, she decides to defer law school for a year to move to New York, crashing on her best friends couch. When she is offered a job at Joes Apothecary, a beloved neighborhood bar in Brooklyn, she tells herself its only temporary. As Sam learns more about bartending and gets to know the service industry lifers and loyal regulars at Joes, she is increasingly seduced by her new job. She finds acceptance in her tight-knit community and even begins a new relationship. But as the year draws to a close, destructive cycles from her past threaten to consume her again. Sam is increasingly pulled between the life she thought she wanted and the possibility of a different kind of future. How much is she willing to let go of to finally belong? Filled with cocktail recipes and bartending tips and tricks, Wesley Straton captivating, utterly original debut will quench your thirst.
- | Author: Wesley Straton
- | Publisher: Flatiron Books
- | Publication Date: Apr 04, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 272 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1250809088
- | ISBN-13: 9781250809087