Windows to the Soul
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Last published Fri, Jun 22, 2018
"Do you believe in soulmates?"
"Absolutely."
"How about true love?"
"No."
Bound for a top-tier college with a generous swimming scholarship, high school senior Zelenia Clements has it all - beauty, wit, intelligence, talent, popularity, and confidence. Even in the skeptical eyes of the world and of her high school peers, Zelenia is the picture of perfection, the perfect golden girl. She's the kind of girl that people write stories about, really.
However, even the most perfect of portraits have cracks - and if you're not careful, those cracks will turn into canyons. Haunted by a devastating event that occurred three years ago, Zelenia is left with crushing PTSD. At first, everyone was sympathetic and supportive. Now, they tell her that it's time to get over it and move on.
With no one to turn to and her previous, happy, go-getter self seemingly dead, Zelenia counts the days till she can graduate and get out of her small, opportunity-free town. Then one day, a wrong-number phone call changes her life and teaches her to smile again.
When life has more twists, turns, ups, and downs than Zelenia's favorite TV dramas, all the planning in the world can be thrown to the wind in an instant. Sometimes the most unexpected people can have the greatest impact on a person, and the things that you never could've expected happen.
Can you ever really expect the unexpected?
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