Hope Was Here
Author: Joan Bauer
Translator: Gwang-soon Go-Eun
Publisher: Junior Gimmyoungsa
Hardcover | 280 pages | 228*160mm
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| >>>This book is written in Korean. |
About This Book
Here's a book that's as warm and melty as a grilled Swiss on seven-grain
bread, and just as wholesome and substantial. Ever since the boss
promoted her from bus girl two and a half years ago when she was 14,
Hope has been a waitress--and a darn good one, too. She takes pride in
making people happy with good food, as does her aunt Addie, a diner cook
extraordinaire. The two of them have been a pair ever since Hope's
waitress mother abandoned her as a baby, and now they have come to rural
Wisconsin to run the Welcome Stairways cafe for G.T. Stoop, who is dying
of leukemia. But he's not dead yet, as the kindly and greathearted
restaurant owner demonstrates when he decides to run for mayor against
the wicked and corrupt Eli Millstone.
As old-fashioned goodness lines up against the bad guys, the campaign
leads Hope in exciting new directions: a boyfriend who is a great grill
man, a new sense of herself and her mission as a waitress, and--when
Addie and G.T. finally realize that they are meant for each other--the
father she has always wanted. And all of it backed up with stuffed pork
tenderloin, butterscotch cream pie, and the rhythm of the short-order
dance.
Joan Bauer, who won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Rules of the
Road, has served up a delicious novel in Hope Was Here, full of
delectable characters, tasty wit, and deep-dish truth. (Ages 12 and
older) --Patty Campbell
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