![]() ![]() For another, the owner of the diner is G. For one thing, it’s tough leaving behind her friends and big city life. So, in desperation, they accept an offer from a diner in the small town of Mulhoney, Wisconsin. ![]() Their latest gig was in Brooklyn, where their partner in the best diner in town has just fled with all their money. Raised by her feisty Aunt Addie, a short-order cook, she begins waitressing on her fourteenth birthday as the two of them move from city to city, making a difference in people’s lives through soul food. The first is her mother, who walked out on her when she was just a preemie struggling for life. Obviously, Hope has suffered some major disappointments. Not everyone likes this philosophy, but it makes sense to me because when life hits the skids, I don’t have to regroup as much as the people who walk around in a cloud like the world owes them a joyful existence. It hasn’t been yet and I’m not holding out for smooth sailing in the future. ![]() Here’s what narrator Hope Yancey has to say about her philsophy of life: Purchase here Hope Was Hereįood, family and politics come together in this 2001 Newbery Honor Book by the author of the highly acclaimed Rules of the Road. ![]()
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