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Hope
Hope is about a woman who lives in a drowned world and is going through a silent ruin, and finds comfort in believing that her own self exists as another being, and confides her inner most secrets to her. It all started with a dream, advancing to a nightmare that then became a reality. Hope plays a lonely game in silence until her dreams turn to dust. She lives her life through an illusion that ends with capturing her own light, making that moment an unforgettable day. This novel reveals in detail how a woman suffers from depression, and how it rules and guides her life through her journey in finding solace.
164 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2006
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September 11, 2023
Superficially, HOPE appears to be anything but.
Writers write and readers read. Sometimes the worlds of the two collide, other times they do not.
As a reader, I kept on hoping against (or for) Hope in order for a particular storyline to emerge. My anticipated storyline remained in my head up until the end of the book. That's the problem with us readers, we want the writer's story to fulfil our needs and wants. And that is so unfair on so many levels.
That said, I felt sad at the end of the book. Deeply sad.
My "hope" for this book is that it should be seen as an "Anthem of/ for Those Hiding in Plain Sight". We all know a Hope. She/ He is beautiful, handsome, young, gifted and enchanting. But she/ he is hiding in plain sight.
In one session with her psychiatrist the book reads,
"Dr. Ralph was astounded with Hope's answers. He didn't expect a girl who was seventeen to think like that. What made her special was her complexity. She was difficult. Stubborn. A woman in a child's body. Dr. Ralph had to admit he was fascinated with Hope's character. He intended to stay close to her. He hoped that she wouldn't end up dead before achieving what she wanted."
This book challenges us to see the countless "Hope's" around us and to reach out.
Writers write and readers read. Sometimes the worlds of the two collide, other times they do not.
As a reader, I kept on hoping against (or for) Hope in order for a particular storyline to emerge. My anticipated storyline remained in my head up until the end of the book. That's the problem with us readers, we want the writer's story to fulfil our needs and wants. And that is so unfair on so many levels.
That said, I felt sad at the end of the book. Deeply sad.
My "hope" for this book is that it should be seen as an "Anthem of/ for Those Hiding in Plain Sight". We all know a Hope. She/ He is beautiful, handsome, young, gifted and enchanting. But she/ he is hiding in plain sight.
In one session with her psychiatrist the book reads,
"Dr. Ralph was astounded with Hope's answers. He didn't expect a girl who was seventeen to think like that. What made her special was her complexity. She was difficult. Stubborn. A woman in a child's body. Dr. Ralph had to admit he was fascinated with Hope's character. He intended to stay close to her. He hoped that she wouldn't end up dead before achieving what she wanted."
This book challenges us to see the countless "Hope's" around us and to reach out.
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