Anna van Houten, a sixteen year old girl who has been in remission for two years survived a life-threatening rare blood cancer. Her life is anything but normal, between her tulip obsessed mother and her mother's love interest, a mysterious Dutch man who shares a similar obsession with Anna's mother. Her life has been a roller coaster of ups and downs being raised by her eccentric mother who has a glass eye, and adopting a hamster named Sisyphus. Anna's life spins in another direction when a handsome stranger, Isaac Michelson, walks into her life. Watch Anna's life through her eyes as she begins her journey down the road of love, and sickness.

Anna's life changes when she finds out she has a rare blood cancer. Her one-eyed mother who is obsessed with tulips meets a man who Anna calls Dutch Tulip Man and falls in love with him. Is he a con-man or is he truly what he says?

My short story version of Van Houten's "An Imperial Affliction," featured in John Green's bestselling novel "The Fault In Our Stars." The story of a girl named Anna, a Dutch Tulip Man, and a hamster named Sisyphus.

All based off of the mentions of "An Imperial Affliction" in "The Fault in Our Stars". This is MY personal interpretation of John Green's description of "An Imperial Affliction". Hopefully my work is as good as read as his, and it's worry if Hazel Grace and Augustus Waters's approval:)

My name is Anna. I'm sixteen years old and I have cancer. But, don't worry about me. I'm perfectly fine. The people you should be worried about include my tulip obsessed mother, her mysterious lover, The Dutch Tulip Man, and my delusional hamster who thinks that running on that little wheel of his will actually get him somewhere. Welcome to my life. Special Thanks to: Augustus Waters Hazel Grace Lancaster Peter Van Houten And of course... Our beloved John Green, an amazing author who can bring characters and plots to life and who made this story possible. A/N ~~ There will be the use of one direct quote from TFIOS for AIA. Details in this story were inspired by the book. I do not claim ownership of them. All credits go to John Green. All rights reserved.