Diane Alserda

Scattered Hearts Diane Alserda

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 she's accused of a crime she didn't commit, her fighting spirit is finally broken. Terrified of what will happen next, Malina gives up-only to learn that she is not alone!Enter the world of South Lake Tahoe, 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 they're still The Tahoe Girls. 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. Although the characters are fictional, the events are true and endured by one, just one, of these seven remarkable women.