Leukemia In Hope Was Here
In the novel, Hope Was Here, sixteen-year old Hope Yancey and her guardian aunt, Addie, go on a journey that changes them for the better. Hope’s mother, Deena, feels that it is too difficult to take care of Hope, so she gives her to Addie, who is her older sister. Hope was named Tulip when she was born but she hated that name so she changes it on her twelfth birthday. Hope and Addie move to Mulhoney, Wisconsin to work at a diner called The Welcome Stairways. The owner, G.T. Stoop has leukemia, and the diner lacks cooks and waitresses. As they arrive, they meet the diner staff that is so important to them. G.T. is a jolly, good-hearted, and admirable man, and you can’t tell that he has leukemia by the way that he acts. Although G.T. has leukemia,