The author of Waiting and Raising Blaze explores the connection she shares with her three sisters, recounting how their parents' frequent moves resulted in a deep bond between the four siblings that continues into their adult lives. Reader's Guide available. Reprint.

Losing her job when the Bay Area bookstore she manages is forced out of business, book lover Angel Robinson feels that she is lucky to land a job as an assistant to Lucy Fiamma, literary agent to the stars, until a mysterious, anonymous manuscript dealing with a horrible boss and her long-suffering assistant begins to arrive and blurs the lines between fiction and reality. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

The author shares her experiences of raising her unusual son, whose unique perspectives and savant-like talents caused him to be repeatedly labeled and misdiagnosed throughout his childhood.

The author of Waiting: The True Confessions of a Waitress shares her experiences of raising her unusual son, whose unique perspectives and savant-like talents caused him to be repeatedly labeled, misdiagnosed, and misunderstood throughout his childhood. Reprint.

"Ginsberg got her education in restaurants and she doles it out just right in this entertaining account." - PEOPLE MAGAZINE "Funny and ultimately satisfying." - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY Ginsberg takes readers on an intimate journey of her twenty years as a waitress at the dingiest of diners, a soap-operatic Italian restaurant, an exclusive five-star dining club, and more. This book chronologically takes you through Debra Ginsberg's career as a waitress. Through her wonderful stories, you get to see her develop as a waitress, and more importantly, mature as a person. Over her twenty-year span of waitressing, you get to live through her struggles, financial woes, and life awakenings. For her, waiting tables was a career which she struggled with while seeking a "true job". But the money from waitressing was just too good. Her tips were essential in the raising of her son as a single parent, and waitressing also allowed her to spend quality time with him. (view table of contents)

An intimate, funny portrait of life behind the swinging tin-plated doors of a restaurant explores the diners, Italian family eateries, and five-star restaurants that employed the author over her twenty years as a waitress. 20,000 first printing. (view table of contents)