Book description
Katie Simmonds wants to be a film director. Last week she wanted to
be a writer, the week before that an educational psychologist, and the
week before that a florist. One thing Katie isn't short of is
ambition, but she knows for certain that none of her ambitions are to
be a waitress. Unfortunately, Katie Simmonds is a waitress.
Hassled by customers, badly paid and stuck with the boss from hell,
Katie's life hasn't turned out quite as she'd planned. As for
relationships, she's starting to discover that a career choice isn't
the only commitment she has problems with. But just when she thinks
that things can't get any worse, the cafe where she works is taken
over by the last man in the world she wants to see again. Maybe
Katie's been waiting at tables - and waiting for Mr Right - for a
little too long...
A heartwarming, laugh out loud novel about love, hopes, dreams...
and waitressing.
Melissa Nathan
was born and raised in Hertfordshire. A journalist for twelve years,
she turned to writing romantic comedy novels full time in 1998 and
shortly afterwards
Pride, Prejudice and Jasmin Field
and
Persuading Annie
were published
.
Melissa discovered she had breast cancer whilst writing her first novel
for Random House,
The Nanny
, which hit the
Sunday Times
Top Ten in the spring of 2003. She went on to write another top ten
bestseller,
The Waitress
, and finished her fifth novel
The Learning Curve
in February 2006. Sadly she died two months later, aged 37. A new
literary award, The Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance, has been
established in her honour. She is survived by her husband, Andrew, and
young son, Sam.
