Tender Monster Destiny Hope Street is a street just like any other in Los Angeles, except that its name makes it seem promising. A useless person sitting in his or her car at a stop light and seeing that they are about to intersect Hope would probably think, Could this be a sign? Are there plain white college boys hidden in apartments on this street, writing screenplays for a movie they’re going to make someday for Public Television about their L.A. experience? The name makes this street sound full of action and import, a street with a secret, a street that lives out its charm with the clean bend of palm trees and Hopscotch formations drawn on its pavement. It was on this street that Joe’s car pass...