UNEMPLOYABLE: THE KATIE LEE STORY

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A roadmap for everyone who was told they didn't have a chance, Unemployable is the inspiring story of Katie Lee – a single mom, formerly homeless, a high school-dropout drug addict who went from living in a halfway house to building a national Italian foods and restaurant company. From scratch.

Written in a voice that is as authentic as her spirit and her food, Unemployable is gritty and unvarnished. Poetic and percussive. This isn’t your standard tale of recovery and redemption. It’s a story of addiction, failure, success, more failure, pizza, pasta, Italy, family, death, rebirth, entrepreneurship, hospitality, restaurants, and hustle. So, so much hustle.

Mesmerizing, startling, and profound, Unemployable is a moving and meaningful account of how one woman, against all odds, just kept going.

Katie Lee's propulsive memoir is the literary and culinary love child of Anthony Bourdain and Mary Karr. Her brutally honest self assessments, accounts of hair-raising misadventures, both hers and those of her parents, particularly her father's, are delivered with empathy, hope, and a dash of humor. St. Louisans especially will love the familiar terroir --the neighborhoods and cultural landmarks--Lee brings so vividly to life. Brooklyn isn't the only cool food town! The architecture of this immensely readable true tale is love. Do yourself a favor and read it!

- Kris Kleindienst, owner, Left Bank Books, St. Louis, MO