Appetite A Novel(1st Edition)

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Book Price $0 : A Propulsive, Heartfelt, And Utterly Original Debut About A Young Chef Trying To Find Her Way In A World Thatâ??s Not Built For Her To Succeedâ??and The Pro Wrestler She Idolizes Who Derails EverythingZarina, A Prep Cook At A Fancy New Haven Restaurant, Is Underpaid, Overworked, And Might As Well Be Invisible. The Only Upside: They Get To Take Home Leftover Ingredients. Every Night, Zarina Whips Up Modern Spins On The Bangladeshi Dishes She Grew Up Eating, All While Enjoying Her Second Greatest Passion: Professional Wrestling. Namely, Zarinaâ??s Hero Sierra Mystâ??the Massively Successful, High-flying Heel Whoâ??s Built Like A Superhero And Is Every Bit As Confident And Daring As One. One Night, Zarina Posts Online About One Of Sierra Mystâ??s Wins, And The Most Improbable Thing Happens: Sierra Reaches Out To Zarina. Zarina Is Elated At The Chance To Become Closer With Her Idol, And At First, Their Friendship Is Everything Zarinaâ??s Ever Dreamed Of. Zarinaâ??s Confidence Grows, Their World Gets Bigger, And Opening Their Own Restaurant Doesnâ??t Feel Quite So Impossible. But As The Weeks Fly By, Zarina Starts To Feel More Like Sierraâ??s Unpaid Personal Assistant And Relationship Counselorâ??and Her Desire To Make Sierra Happy Eclipses Their Own Goals And Threatens Everything Theyâ??ve Worked For.Deliciously Unsettling And Ultimately Uplifting, Appetite Is About The Unique Torture Of Being A Twenty-something Whoâ??s Torn Between The Person Someone Else Wants You To Be And The Person You Really Are. See more