![]() ![]() Hope held on to the dream that her father was searching for her and that someday they would reunite. ![]() Deena claimed that she didn't know who Hope's father was but Hope didn't believe her. ![]() Deena "gave" Hope to Addie to raise.Īddie had been married and had wanted children but suffered three miscarriages and her husband left her for another woman. Deena was not equipped to raise a child-she was too caught up in her own life and her string of lovers. Hope's mother, Deena, had named her Tulip, a name which Hope hated and later had legally changed to Hope-because hope is a good thing to have. But she had an inner strength that stayed with her throughout her young life. When she was born, she only weighed a little over two pounds, and the doctors didn't have much hope that she would survive. Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer is the story of Hope Yancy, a sixteen-year-old girl who is being raised by her aunt Addie. ![]()
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