Characters & Relationships
This is Hope's original name before she became Hope.
Rose
This is the name of the current mayor running against G.T.
Eli Millstone
This is the name of the diner where Hope and Addie work.
Welcome Stairways
This is the last name of the thieves who burglarized Adam Pulver's house.
Carbingers
This is the number of years G.T.'s health declines after Hope and Addie arrive.
2 years
This character is Hope's aunt and guardian who works as a waitress.
Addie
This is the name of the massive dairy company that dominates Mulhoney.
Real Fresh Dairy
This is Addie's "Number One Cardinal Rule of Waitress Survival."
"Do not, under any circumstances, date the cook"
This is the animal found dead in the Welcome Stairways kitchen that caused a scandal.
mouse
This is what the Welcome Stairways workers line the counter with after G.T.'s death.
flowers
This is the name of Lou Ellen's daughter, whom Hope helps feed.
Anastasia
This is the slogan G.T. uses for his campaign.
"He'll die trying to make things better"
This is the item Hope keeps under the counter based on her mother's advice.
lemon wedges
This is the first thing G.T. does after becoming mayor regarding the police force.
appointing Brenda Babcock as sheriff
This is the specific phrase Pastor Hall shouts to the crowd: "Are you going to listen to a poll or your...?
heart
This man is the owner of the Welcome Stairways diner and runs for mayor.
G.T. Stoop
This group of people was found on the voting roster but were not actually eligible voters.
non-local voters
This is the term for taking a part of a tree and joining it with another, which G.T. explains to Hope.
grafting
This is the specific letter Hope hides from G.T. after he adopts her.
the letter she wrote to Gleason Beal
This is the reason Addie ordered coffee late at night to protect Yuri.
to get Yuri away from the men wearing "Vote for Eli" buttons
This character is Hope's "imaginary friend" (actually a stuffed toy).
Edgar
This is the specific lie Eli Millstone spreads about G.T.'s leukemia spreading to this body part.
lungs
This is the question G.T. asks Hope every day after school.
What's the best thing that happened today?
This is the demand made by the Mulhoney teenagers during their protest at the Town Hall.
fair elections
This is the reason Deena left Hope, according to Addie.
she didn't have the tools she needed to be the kind of mother Hope wanted