- Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: William Morrow & Company (May 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060736658
- ISBN-13: 978-0060736651
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 13.5 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,450,624 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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IT WAS ONE OF THOSE PARTIES THAT WOULD LIVE ON IN THE COLLECtive memory, ripening over the years with significance and irony; a party that would launch a hundred favorite anecdotes and change lives. Read the first page
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IT WAS ONE OF THOSE PARTIES THAT WOULD LIVE ON IN THE COLLECtive memory, ripening over the years with significance and irony; a party that would launch a hundred favorite anecdotes and change lives. Read the first page
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
By the time I read The Waitress, I had already read as many of the late Melissa Nathan's books as I could find (Persuading Annie is the last one to get!) as I was totally hooked by her style of writing. My favourite would have to be The Nanny; however, The Waitress was also a most enjoyable and satisfying read which had me staying up too late because I had to finish it!
The heroine is a woman with a personality which will strike a chord with many readers. She's funny, neurotic, strong willed and, yes on occasion, annoying and selfish, but who isn't? This is something Melissa Nathan was particularly good at; even though her heroines are all quite different she breathes real life into them and this humanity is what gives her books their warmth and vibrancy.
Kate can't quite decide what to do with her life, and matters are complicated further by -- you've guessed it -- a man. Not just any man either; he's her new boss. What follows is an engaging, realistic story which has plenty of laughs and some real poignancy and emotion, not forgetting some really well written romance. Highly recommended!
The heroine is a woman with a personality which will strike a chord with many readers. She's funny, neurotic, strong willed and, yes on occasion, annoying and selfish, but who isn't? This is something Melissa Nathan was particularly good at; even though her heroines are all quite different she breathes real life into them and this humanity is what gives her books their warmth and vibrancy.
Kate can't quite decide what to do with her life, and matters are complicated further by -- you've guessed it -- a man. Not just any man either; he's her new boss. What follows is an engaging, realistic story which has plenty of laughs and some real poignancy and emotion, not forgetting some really well written romance. Highly recommended!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A beautiful book about the indecisive nature of life and how eventually you have to choose. The second book I read by Mellisa Nathan (the Learning Curve was the first) and just as enjoyable, if not more so. It is a shame that Melissa only ever published 5 books.
You can relate to this story really well. You will find it very hard to put down as it is such an excellent plot and will involve you all the way through. Excellent charcters that you really feel you get to know and a very interesting read. A brilliant love story: it will put you in a great mood. You may get lost in it.
You can relate to this story really well. You will find it very hard to put down as it is such an excellent plot and will involve you all the way through. Excellent charcters that you really feel you get to know and a very interesting read. A brilliant love story: it will put you in a great mood. You may get lost in it.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Worth 'waiting' for!!! Absolutely fantastic - I loved every page. The Nanny was, as we all know, completely brilliant, but the Waitress is even better. The characters are more rounded and more believable and the plot is gripping. We all know that the girl is going to get the boy right? But despite that it still keeps you guessing and hoping ... and laughing. The book is so clever in the way it has a theme about waiting in your life but it never makes it obvious and doesn't rub your nose in it. This isn't chick lit, this is literature. Buy it, read it, love it, read it again.
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dissipointed
When I bought this I new it was used but it as it was in good order when it came it was scratched and dirty it did play but I bought a new version from some where else
Published 18 months ago by cat lover
great book
I really enjoyed this book, it was very very funny in places and i thought the characters were great, i really liked the way the main character learnt more about herself as she... Read more
Published on 17 Mar 2009 by Thinker
You wont be able to put it down
This is the second book i have read from Melissa Nathan, the first being the Learning Curve. Without a doubt she was a very talented woman. Read more
Published on 12 Oct 2008 by M. Smith
One of Nathan's best
I've read all of Nathan's novels except 'The Learning Curve' and found 'The Waitress' as enjoyable as 'Acting Up' and 'The Nanny'. Read more
Published on 9 July 2008 by A Nordic reader
Another amazing story by an amazing writer!
I loved the nanny also written by Melissa Nathan and went on to read some others of hers, they are all amazing stories with funny and quick moving story lines that will make you... Read more
Published on 16 Jun 2008 by Miss D. Reade
Loved it!
After reading a lot of girly books, i discovered melissa nathan and i think that her books are possibly the best in the genre. Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2008 by R. King
good fun book
i can relate to the character Kate in this book feeling the panic about life and what to do with it! Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2008 by Lisa Quinn
Terrible, boring and predictable.
After reading Learning Curve which I rather enjoyed, this was a huge disappointment. I was only able to finish it because I hate to leave a book half way through. Read more
Published on 15 Nov 2007 by Fishyz
"not such a great read"
I am sorry to disagree with all of the other readers who have reviewed this book, but i thought that it was very average. I thought the story unexciting and unoriginal. Read more
Published on 27 Jun 2007 by Matilda Fox
A great read.
This was my second Melissa Nathan book (I read the Learning Curve first) and it was fantastic. I didn't enjoy this one quite as much as The Learning Curve but it was nevertheless a... Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2007 by Lorelei
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