Diary of a Waitress: The Not-So-Glamorous Life of a Harvey Girl by
Carolyn Meyer, 348 pages
Kitty Evans is devastated when her father tells her that he can't
afford to send her to college in the fall as she planned. Kitty's plan is
to be a journalist. Her father has arranged a job for her at a local shoe
store. Kitty decides to apply for a job as a Harvey Girl, one of the
elite waitresses in the chain of Harvey restaurants. To her surprise, she
is accepted and hired. Over her parents' objections, Kitty sets out to
train for her job. She heads west, making new friends and recording
everything in her diary. She even gets some encouragement in her
journalistic dreams. Of course, the work is hard and Kitty has to deal
with cranky customers, rigid rules, and her own imperfections, but as time goes
by, Kitty finds that she likes her job and her new life. I really liked
this book about a little known period of history. Although the story was
entirely fictional, some of the characters were real people and the historical
time period is historically accurate. This is a really good story, well
written, and teen fans of historical fiction will probably like this book a
lot.
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