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I was expecting a memoir cum novel about the restaurant industry, instead I got this profound prose poem to finding one's power against the backdrop of the New York restaurant industry. It begins similar to Camus' The Stranger, with an unnamed protagonist encountering a sensualist paradise, but evolves into Tess claiming her name and her power and her experiences, and I want to recommend this to everyone.
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I'm having a good couple of reading weeks, because I also want to recommend this to everyone, even though I'm not quite finished yet! The title undercuts the seriousness of this thoughtful memoir. It's not about a "man fast," as Scripture establishes early on, but instead a spiritual journey into becoming the person she is meant to be. A lot of folks have compared it to Eat, Pray, Love. The writing style reminds me more of Elisabeth Eaves, but the subject matter definitely has a lot in common with the Pray section of Elizabeth Gilbert's famous memoir. I got this out of the library, but I'm already 99% sure I'm going to buy it.
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And to continue with the personal growth/reading books I already own or got out of the library theme, this one's next on deck.
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