Her favorite books are Pride and Prejudice and Wuthering Heights, which eventually have eerie similarities within her romantic endeavors with Hardin. Along with the running off to the greenhouse, Tessa fell in love with English literature and reading books became her escape from the real world. When Tessa turned 16, she got a job to help support her mother. Every class Tessa chose, every assignment Tessa completed since her first day of high school revolved around her getting into college. The necessity that required an overwhelming amount of preparation became an obsession. From then on, Tessa was taught and trained to prepare for her education so that she wouldn't have to rely on a man when she grew older. Richard Young eventually abandoned Tessa and Carol, resulting in Tessa's mother working twice as hard to support her. He would find her in the greenhouse and comfort her. Tessa befriended Noah Porter, the son of her mother’s two married friends that lived down her block. Because of this, Tessa believes greenhouses are safe places. As a coping mechanism, she would hide inside the greenhouse of her backyard when her father would come home drunk and fight with her mom. Her mom helped her father to keep their life a secret. She had quite a rough upbringing due to her father's ongoing problems with substance abuse. Tessa was born to Carol and Richard Young in a small town in the state of Washington. In the film adaptations, Tessa is portrayed by Josephine Langford. While the road to their happily ever after was rough, she finally ended up in a happy place with her life and Hardin. In the years that followed, Tessa became a doting partner to Hardin, an open-minded and supportive mother to her daughter Emery, and later, her son Auden. She discovered her true passion of being a wedding planner. Over the next several years, they moved in together and went through the struggles of trying to start a family. Hardin and Tessa eventually found their way back to each other and became engaged.
She repaired her relationship with Carol, whose new relationship helped her not be as overbearing toward Tessa. They separated for years and she graduated from college, attended Landon's wedding, and moved to Seattle where she made a new life for herself. Hit with the realization that all her energy was going into Hardin and not enough into fixing herself, Tessa begged Hardin to let her go so she could find herself again. Now traumatized, Tessa fell into a dark hole that even Hardin couldn't pull her out of. She returned to the states where she found Richard in the bathroom of her apartment having overdosed. He was soon struck with the revelation of his biological father and, despite Tessa's best efforts to help him, spiraled into a vicious web of destructive behavior that drove Tessa away. Tessa's blind faith in her father came back to bite her every time, and she leaned on Hardin as they attended Trish's wedding. Tessa's hero-complex kept her adamant that Richard could overcome his addictions and change for the better, even ignoring the warnings from Hardin, Landon, and everyone around her. As she continued to evolve into a mature woman, her world was shaken by the sudden arrival of her estranged father, Richard. She also struggled to regain her trust in Hardin and the world around her. While things were better, their relationship continued to be tested by secrets and lies that they both harbored. After a while, Tessa reluctantly agreed to be romantically involved with him once again. The arrival of his mother, Trish, brought Hardin and Tessa back to one another. When Hardin's cold and uncaring past caught up to him, it tore his relationship with Tessa apart, as the bet he made to take her virginity was revealed. Her relationship with Hardin was fast-paced and vibrant, sweeping them and everyone around them up in a whirlwind of drama. In the meantime, Tessa befriended the co-ed Landon Gibson, who happened to be Hardin's impending stepbrother. They were constantly driven apart and pulled back together. His sarcastic and witty remarks that were paired with a kind heart enticed her, though she soon learned the effects of his cruelty first-hand. These constructs of marriage and love disappeared when she attended college and met the tattooed rebel, Hardin Scott.
Having come from a broken family, she grew up idolizing the concept of love and what it would mean to be in a relationship.
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Theresa "Tessa" Lynn Young is the main protagonist in the After series written by Anna Todd.Īn overachiever and dedicated student, Tessa deals with the trauma and dysfunction in her life by focusing on her schooling and making everything appear perfect an idea that was perpetuated by her controlling mother.
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