Heart Bones Summary
Colleen Hoover

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Heart Bones Overview

In the romance novel Heart Bones, by Colleen Hoover, Beyah Grim recognizes two truths about Samson when they meet. The first truth is that he is rich; the second is that he is damaged. Coming from a single-parent household in which her mother was an addict, Beyah has trouble understanding how someone who has access to everything he could want has been so hurt by life. As Beyah and Samson grow closer, Beyah learns that Samson’s life is more like her own than she could have imagined. Themes in the novel include socioeconomic bias, addiction, and parental styles. Oceans, sunrises, and sunsets serve as significant motifs in the novel.