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Book Review of Dishwasher: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States (P.S.)

Dishwasher: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States (P.S.)
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The story of Dishwasher Pete, slacker on a mission. Part adventure, part parody, and part miraculous journey of self-discovery. Pete washed the nation's dishes from 1989 to 2001, from a bagel joint in New Mexico to a Mexican joint in Brooklyn, from a dinner train in Rhode Island to the Lawrence Welk Resort in Branson, Missouri, from an upper-crust ladies' club to a crusty hippie commune. I enjoyed the easy, fun read and was actually rather (pleasantly) surprised by the ending.