How we cite our quotes: (Page Number)
Quote #4
She told me she loved me and never came back. (44)
The way Hope handles Deena's mixed-messages says a lot about her character. She's incredibly grounded for someone whose mother toys with her emotions every time she communicates with her. It's probably because she had a strong and consistent attachment figure in Addie during her early childhood, when kids need it most.
Quote #5
I hit and punched and cried at the injustice of being left by my mother with tubes in my nose and monitors on my chest. (58)
Hope takes up boxing when she's 11 years old and literally knocks out the rage she's been carrying around with her ever since Deena walked out on her. She says that "boxing saved her." She was probably too young at the time to realize that it saved her relationship with Addie as well. The woman (and her Buick) had been Hope's personal punching bag up until then.
Quote #6
"His dad walked out on the family. His mom had an operation and didn't have health insurance, and the bills are pretty rough. That's why he hasn't gone to college yet." (94)
Jillian's convinced that there's some kind of "force" between Braverman and Hope that runs deep. Could it be the one thing they've both suffered through—being abandoned by a parent—that's pulling them toward one another?