![]() ![]() When sixteen-year-old Hope and the aunt who has raised her move from Brooklyn to Mulhoney. What follows, as Hope meets politics, corruption, and her past head-on, is, at its heart, a story about honor, trust, and serving up your very best. Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer, 2000, Putnam edition, in English. Stoop, the straight-shooting owner of the Welcome Stairways Diner. But her occupation has taught her to read people, and instinct tells her to trust G.T. ![]() ![]() Hope doesn’t expect to feel at home there, just as she doesn’t expect to get caught up in town politics. When sixteen-year-old Hope and the aunt who has raised her move from Brooklyn to Mulhoney, Wisconsin, to work as waitress and cook in the Welcome. This latest move threatens to be the hardest yet, leaving the excitement of New York City to run a diner in rural Wisconsin. But Hope never gets to stay in one place very long, and that’s hard. With her aunt Addie, diner cook extraordinaire, she’s traveled the states and honed her waitressing skills, impressing hungry people everywhere. Ace teenage waitress, Hope Yancey, and her aunt Addie move from Brooklyn to work in a diner in Mulhoney WI, where their new boss is recovering from leukemia and getting ready to run for mayor to clean up the corruption in town.įood is in 16-year-old Hope’s blood. ![]()
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