Hope Was HereWhen a 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 Stairway Diner, they become involved with the diner owner's political campaign to oust the town's corrupt mayor. |
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... baby all her life , and after three miscarriages and her no - good husband , Malcolm , de- serting her for that thin - lipped dental hygienist , I was her last chance at motherhood . So I guess I pulled through because somehow I knew ...
... baby all her life , and after three miscarriages and her no - good husband , Malcolm , de- serting her for that thin - lipped dental hygienist , I was her last chance at motherhood . So I guess I pulled through because somehow I knew ...
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... baby face like Adam and styled , shellacked hair . He's sitting at the big eight - top surrounded by Adam , G.T. , Brice , Jillian , and G.T.'s barber , Slick Bixby , who just said that after thirty - five years of cutting hair , he ...
... baby face like Adam and styled , shellacked hair . He's sitting at the big eight - top surrounded by Adam , G.T. , Brice , Jillian , and G.T.'s barber , Slick Bixby , who just said that after thirty - five years of cutting hair , he ...
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... baby . Sucking for food isn't a concept every baby gets right off and you've got to just deal with the stress because people are going to put their stopwatches to you and expect you to be doing things you're not ready for . " I put the ...
... baby . Sucking for food isn't a concept every baby gets right off and you've got to just deal with the stress because people are going to put their stopwatches to you and expect you to be doing things you're not ready for . " I put the ...
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