A wonderfully universal, coming of age story of growing up in America and the experiences we have all had dealing with our very "first" jobs. The memoir is a window on another era, when hotels with uniformed waiters. busboys, and maitre d's, served wealthy clientele five-course meals on fine china with linen napkins, seven or eight utensils and countless dishes per place setting. The struggle, the dreams, the triumphs and disappointments of a teenage...