Several days later, Augustus tells Hazel that he has contacted the Wish Factory, an organization that helps grant the wishes of sick children. He flippantly tells her that if she is ever in Amsterdam, where he now resides, she should visit him. He regrets to inform Hazel that he won’t answer her questions in a letter or telephone conversation for fear she might try to write a sequel to his story.
The author responds, which prompts Hazel to write him so she can ask him her questions. Augustus, however, is committed to Hazel, so much so that he tracks down Van Houten through his assistant’s email address. She considers herself a time bomb and doesn’t want to hurt anyone when she explodes. Hazel tries to keep Augustus at a safe distance because she knows she is dying. After reading An Imperial Affliction, Augustus becomes obsessed with finding the author, Peter Van Houten, so they can know what happened to the other characters. Together they help their friend Isaac get through the pain of his girlfriend leaving him and the loss of his sight. Augustus and Hazel soon become close friends.
It’s a novel based on his favorite video game. Augustus promises to read the book and gives her his favorite book in return. She wants to know what happened to the other characters in the book. Hazel surmises that it’s to show that Anna became too ill to write, or died. The great draw of the book, however, is that it doesn’t conclude. Not only does Anna have cancer, but her thoughts and philosophies are similar to Hazel’s. Hazel relates to the book’s main character, Anna, in every way. Hazel, an avid reader, tells Augustus about her favorite book, An Imperial Affliction, a story about a teenage girl with cancer. He has been in remission since the doctors amputated his leg, but is attending the meeting as support for his friend Isaac, who has been told that he will soon lose another eye to cancer.Īugustus and Hazel are drawn to each other almost immediately, and Hazel visits his house after the meeting to watch a movie. Hazel loathes what she sees as the false optimism of the group, but she attends to keep her mother happy. Her mother forces her to attend a cancer support group, hoping that she might make a friend. Tethered to an oxygen tank to help her breathe, Hazel has become rather depressed and reclusive.
Although a new drug has bought her an undetermined amount of time, it hasn’t put her disease into remission. Seventeen-year-old Hazel Grace is dying of cancer.
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