Lena's Rainbow

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">"My dear," said the gypsy queen gazing at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on">Lena</st1:place>'s palm, "I see many troubles in the past.&nbsp; I see powerful upheavals.&nbsp;&nbsp; I see death.&nbsp; Terrible scenes of death."<?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; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">By now <st1:place w:st="on">Lena</st1:place> was trembling in fear.&nbsp; Was her own death written in her palm?&nbsp; The queen continued.&nbsp; "Wait!&nbsp; There is something else!&nbsp; Yes, I see a rainbow.&nbsp; The rainbow stretches over a great body of water.&nbsp; You are sliding down the rainbow into the - - - I cannot continue."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">"Please," said <st1:place w:st="on">Lena</st1:place>.&nbsp; "Tell me what you see!"<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">"I cannot see through the water.&nbsp; It is too deep.&nbsp; Too murky.&nbsp; Beware!"<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">In 1895, a sixteen year old Polish girl escapes a wretched life in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Poland</st1:country-region> to care for a rich, aging uncle in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Romania</st1:place></st1:country-region>, only to be sabotaged by her seemingly worthless cousin.&nbsp; Facing the gallows, her only hope is to escape to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> where the horrors of the past can be erased.&nbsp; Or can they?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">The story of <st1:place w:st="on">Lena</st1:place> will tear at your heart strings until the last page of the book.&nbsp; <st1:place w:st="on">Lena</st1:place> is unforgettable.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>