ABANDONED. Please help me find the title of this book!

[Mina]

I don’t know much but it’s about a daughter and her mom who live with a man (?) who is a bit of a hermit.

Something about the mom working at a diner in the beginning

Vague details about TV dinners/Salisbury steak somewhere throughout

It was one of my favorite books as an elementary school student and I forgot the title. Pretty sure it was a coming of age book but not sure. Help!

[Rainbowheart]

When did you read it?

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

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[Kris]

No response, moving to Abandoned folder.

Mina (OP) was last active on the site in November 2019.