Scattered Hearts

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: MinionPro-Regular">Malina feels like all hope is lost. She knows life is full of hardships, and she has faithfully accepted one challenge after another--but when shes accused of a crime she didnt commit, her fighting spirit is finally broken. Terrified of what will happen next, Malina gives up-only to learn that she is not alone!<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: MinionPro-Regular">Enter the world of </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: MinionPro-Regular">South Lake Tahoe</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: MinionPro-Regular">, 1977. Seven girls in their twenties meet and become close friends. Now, twenty-five years later, each girl is a woman in her fifties, with all the baggage that comes with growing up. Although they all live in different states they have stayed in close touch, and remain undivided theyre still The Tahoe Girls.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: MinionPro-Regular">One of these seven, Malina, has a life as unusua1 and it is challenging. Her story is one of betrayal, loved ones lost, murder, suicide, assault and depression. Learn along with her as she endures and discovers more about her own strengths with each trial. She survives with the undying support of her six girlfriends; now women of strength and wisdom.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: MinionPro-Regular">Although the characters are fictional, the events are true and endured by one, just one, of these seven remarkable women.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>