The Grill on Murray Avenue

<p>A woman who drinks beer out of an ashtray (complete with ashes); a bartender who loses himself in Jimi Hendrix; an over-the-top jokester who ushers for the Pirates; a broken heart who finds comfort in Henry Miller's lusty language; a University of Pitt professor (originally from Peru) who eats buffalo wings with a knife and a fork as he devours <em>The Economist</em>; and Jenna the idealistic ambitious waitress-aspiring to be a professional dancer-at the center of it all... These are just a few of the characters who give life to <em>The Grill on Murray Avenue</em>.</p><p><br></p><p>Set in the nineties in Squirrel Hill a large residential neighborhood in the east end of Pittsburgh this coming-of-age novel tells the story of friendship love laughter melancholy wonder and longing within an unassuming bar-and-grill and the striving and ecstasy that are unavoidable in forming relationships making a living and pursuing a dream.</p>