Stephanie Danler’s brilliant coming-of-age novel intimately defines the crucial transition from girl to woman, and from living in a place that feels like nowhere to one that feels like the center of the universe. This lush sensory novel illuminates the differences between taste and hunger, seeing and understanding, and love versus desire. Sweetbitter finds strength in the remnants of disillusionment and the wisdom that comes from experience—whether it’s sweet or bitter.