I Fell in Love with Hope

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Inside a hospital shaped by severe illness and sudden loss, a young narrator finds companionship among patients who refuse to let their diagnoses define every hour. Their close-knit circle includes a mischievous boy whose defiance brings laughter into an environment governed by treatment, fear, and grief. After a devastating loss, the narrator resolves to avoid love and the pain that follows it. The group instead focuses on a final heist and an escape from the hospital, abusive families, and the futures their illnesses threaten to deny them. Then a new girl arrives, unsettling both the plan and the narrator’s vow. The novel combines rebellion, romance, and tragedy in a story about choosing hope without denying mortality.

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