Colleen Hoover was born on December 11, 1979, in Sulphur Springs, Texas, and grew up in Saltillo, Texas. She worked as a social worker before self-publishing her debut novel, Slammed, in January 2012 — a book she originally wrote as a Christmas gift for her mother. The novel became a word-of-mouth sensation and led to a traditional publishing deal with Atria Books within months of its release. Known for emotionally intense contemporary romance and women's fiction that frequently addresses domes...
Hopeless
Hopeless
Synopsis
Sky Davis has kept her world deliberately small — no internet, no television, a tight circle of friends — when she meets Holder, an intense and persistent young man who seems to recognize her in a way she cannot explain. As their relationship develops, Sky begins to uncover truths about her own past that have been deliberately concealed from her: revelations that explain why Holder knew her before they met and why so much of her childhood feels like a gap she cannot see across. Hopeless deals extensively with childhood trauma, the long-term effects of abuse, and the courage required to reclaim a stolen history. It debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list in 2013 and is the first novel in the five-book Hopeless series.
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Genres
Characters
Sky DavisProtagonist
A teenager who has kept her world deliberately small, until Holder forces her to confront a hidden past.
Dean HolderProtagonist
An intense, persistent young man who recognizes Sky in a way she can't explain.
Karen DavisSupporting
Sky's adoptive mother, whose choices about how much to tell Sky are central to the novel's conflict.
SixSupporting
Sky's best friend.
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Edition
HopelessUnknown, 2013
416 pages
Simon & Schuster, LimitedLanguage: EnglishISBN: 97814711326675 editions available
