Anyone who read the book "Hope Was Here" by Joan Bauer...?
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1) \nWhen Tulip changes her name to Hope, she figures that  \n   it would make everything okay in her life. She soon  \n   discovers that a name, no matter how positive it is, \n   doesn't always ensure a perfect life. Nevertheless, she \n   keeps hoping that her life will change as she tries to \n   be the best waitress in the world --- that is Hope's \n   challenge, \n\n2)\n - Braverman the cook\n   Hope does find a lot of hope in Mulhoney, though. She \n   falls in love with Braverman the cook, and she helps G. \n   T. Stoop with his election campaign. But even hope can't\n   always assure success. G. T. loses the election, and \n   crooked politician Eli Millstone is reelected as Mayor \n   of Mulhoney. However, everything looks brighter when G. \n   T. finds out that his leukemia is in remission.  \n\n   - Hope Yancy \n     "Tulip" 16-year-old waitress Main  \n       character - narrator.\n                    Lives, travels, works with Aunt Addie  \n   \n   - Aunt Addie \n      Hope's mother's older sister Diner cook   \n      extraordinaire \n\n   - Gleason Beal   \n     "Slime Scourge of the Earth" Cheating boss \n\n3)\n HOPE WAS HERE is a deliciously funny look at Mulhoney's \n   corrupt small-town politics and Hope and Aunt Addie's \n   struggles to be successful in the food service industry.\n    It is sometimes sad and always poignant as the\n    characters try to work out their problems. G. T. Stoop \n   fights to overcome his leukemia. There's a mouse in the \n   salad, and a hearse following G. T. around town, parking \n   outside the diner. Braverman is beaten for standing up \n    for what he believes is right, and Hope keeps fighting \n    her past and looking for her future.
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You know.....\n\nWe exist in life with all of these people around us. We see how they interact with the world. But do we always know how they see themselves within this society? I would love to read a book of memoirs by someone I know. To see how they view their contributions. To see how experiences we had together might have affected the outcome of their life. I might not want to see all that I'm reading, but I also think it would be a good lesson learned if I did. Yeah....definitely want to read the memoirs of someone I know. \n\nNow....do I need to pick this person? I guess I wish my best friend, Jane had written her memoirs before she died. We were best friends from age 12 to 38. That was a lot of life to live together. I only pray she enjoyed it as much as I did!! Man, I so love you, Jane. I hope you're reading this!!!! How about you reading my memoirs since I can't read yours. lol Knowing you....you'd edit all of my spelling and typos. You goob! Man I miss you!
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hello laurel! i think the book by john hagee titled "attack on america" is a great book, the reason why i like the book is because it reminds me that if i don,t get my self together in hell i will lift up my eyes.i also like this book because it is a reminder that we only have little time left, i think that everyone should read this book and have a discussion about the things that are unfolding before our very eyes...
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I have always wanted to talk to someone about this. My father passed away when I was six and amongst everything that he left myself and my brother there were the complete leather bound set of Dennis Wheatly books. I am now 23 and tbh I have never even sat and tried to read one! I suppose you would recommend a read then? Do you know if these books are worth keeping? I was going to donate them to charity but perhaps I should try an read them! XxXxX
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I loved the book better than I liked the movie. I cried both times I read it!\n\nBut yes, I think Meryl Streep did a good job in this role. And, Clint, of course he did too. I wonder if there is going to be a sequel of this movie, I would love to see it.\n\nI think the reason I loved this movie is because it related to me at that time, I was in love with a man in a long-distance relationship. But he was married! I want to watch this movie again and see if it still makes me cry. Probably not.\n\nShe made the right decision by staying home with her family. Those children needed their mom and she had a "past" now. Those things you treasure in your memory and that is what makes life interesting, those little secrets...
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Since the book just was released today (2/13), I don't think the list will be readily floating around online (Then nobody would have to buy it).  I would say to go check it out at Borders or Barnes & Noble.\n\nI hope to buy it within a week or so, and will let you know if anyone from GA is in there.
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I did and I loved it. Team Anderlina! lol. No but seriously this interview was complete with such honesty and realism and care for the circumstances that others are facing in this world and depicted in such a moving way that appeared to inspire those watching to join in on the cause. Anderson and Angelina are by far some of the most nicest, decent, and excellent humanitarians the world of entertainment and media will possibly ever come to know. :)
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Query - have any of you read the book, or looked at the plan? It's clever, not perfect but at least it's something more than Sally Struthers standing there teary-eyed and saying "think of the children!"\n\nI'm inclined to think this plan is worth a shot. Yes, it'd be nice if Bono and Jolie would put their money where their mouths are, but it seems a far better use of tax dollars spent on foreign aid to render it through programs that actually do something rather than funnel it through dubious government entities that allow a great deal of siphoning off the top by corrupt leaders.\n\nOr we could just allow Malthusian processes to take care of it through war, famine and pestilence. Not that these don't impact us. Famine drives up the prices of crops. Pestilence, well, we now have HIV which may have been caught and contained far sooner if there was a public health infrastructure in place, and hemorrhagic fevers native to many of these regions are the stuff of nightmares. Then there's war, but I don't think I need to remind you how many situations the military has gotten into after the humanitarian portion of the mission collapsed. I think it's simply cheaper in the long-run to try to ameliorate poverty rather than deal with it's aftermath, but it's as much your tax money as it is mine, so we'll see the exit polls.
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I not only read it, I truly believe it is the truth and that God really did converse with Mr. Walsch.  That book answered so many of my own questions.  \nIt brought me incredible peace with my religious beliefs.\nI think the most important thing I learned was that you are perfect at all times.  However you are today is the way God wants you to be today.
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Read the book with an open mind but also with caution.  I am sure that the book is not entirely worthless, although I have not read it.  I just read the synoposis and reviews on amazon.  However, I am familiar with books like this: Benedictine monks going on a spiritual journey, often making use of Buddhist and other Oriental thought.  \n\nIn my honest opinion, I believe that books like this reflect a great thirst in the West, even in long-standing churches, for genuine spirituality.  I think the amenities of popular culture as well as over-rationalization, among numerous other factors, have eliminated to a great extent a sense in Western culture of the sacred.  My advice: look into Orthodox Christianity, or perhaps at traditional Catholic spirituality.  Of course, if you're Protestant, this might be an issue with you, and if so I can't help you!
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No, I actually liked it, too. The lottery at that time had an absolutely different meaning from today, and it was kind of misleading, consequently giving more impact for present readers. I like her style. If I was one of the villagers, I'd get out of there immediately. Stoning someone to death as a means of sacrifice for the community is just brutal and violent. Arrgh, it gave me the creeps when I read it.
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Yes I have read the book and it was not very good in relations to going to hell. If hell is really all like she told it then if everyone read it, would surely get saved and live their best lives for the lord.
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I LOVE THAT BOOK.  I'm puerto rican and I totally related to that book.  In a nutshell , it's a non fiction story about girl who was raised in Puerto Rico in her childhood years, then moves to brooklyn with her mother and many brother's and sisters.  She discusses the ups and downs of her family life, dealing the with her identity as a Puerto Rican and an American.  She's telling the story how she saw her mother as woman who continually had children, and her yearning to be back in her homeland.  She was used to living in country and being able to enjoy nature, unlike her life in brooklyn, where they had to struggle for everything.  I hope this helps you a little bit.  If you're Puerto Rican, read the book!!!
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This book is Harper Lee's masterpiece. I like the symbolism it inculdes very much. Are you a good reader? Did you read the Da Vinci Code? Tell me what you think about it.
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summary from authors web page\n\nOlive Barstow was in Martha Boyle's class until she was killed by a hit-and-run driver while riding her bicycle. Martha didn't know Olive-not really. But after Olive's mother gives her a section from Olive's journal, Martha knows they could have been, would have been friends. \n\nAnd now Martha and her family are going to visit Godbee, Martha's grandmother, on Cape Cod for the rest of the summer-as they do every year. The Boyles descend on Godbee's small house in a flurry of exuberance, mini-crises, diapers, and humor all mixed together. The ocean is still there. And the five Manning boys still live next door. There is Jimmy Manning with his ever-present video camera. Jimmy Manning, who gives Martha her first kiss. And Tate, who seems to follow Martha with his eyes. And then there is Olive, who had always wanted to see the ocean, and who now haunts Martha's thoughts and dreams.
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Yes. The survivors have a web site. And there is 1 good book by a survivor. Do a search online.
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I sure did!!\n\nIt was one of my favorite books when I was younger.\n\nRoll of Thunder is part of a trilogy surrounding the Logan family (other two books are Let the Circle Be Unbroken and The Road to Memphis) The protagonist is Cassie Logan and this is a basically a coming of age story set against the backdrop of what would be impending social change (i.e. the Civil Rights Movement) because the novella takes place in the 1930s.\n\nAnyway, to answer your first question, the location did matter. Mississppi, along with Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina are commonly referred to as the Deep South. In this region, racism and segregation were more blatant through the enactment of laws known as Jim Crow. It was also in this region (though really everywhere) that civil liberties of African Americans were violated and extreme antagonistic actions were taken against them (kidnappings, lynchings, etc.) by such groups like the Klu Klux Klan.\n\nThis is important because the Logan family actually owned land (a farm) in Mississippi. Property rights were so important to African Americans because they were denied for some time. Because of this, there was great pride in the Logan family; Cassie actually lived a pretty sheltered existence.\n\nYou have read the book so you know about the events that happen throughout the plot. It were those events that causes Cassie to sober up about what was happening to the idyllic world she once knew as social tensions began to escalate.\n\nThis book is actually a reflection of Mildred D. Taylor's personal experiences growing up during this time in America that proceded what was commonly referred to as the Civil Rights Movement (although in all actuality the Civil Rights Movement began FAR before 1955). She is actually from Mississppi, so that would be another reason for the location.\n\nYou can also go to Amazon.com and read their plot summary as well as Wikipedia to read Mildred D. Taylor's biography. Good luck!