Paula Scanland was born in Indiana and attended college in Colorado. She fell in love with the Colorado Mountains and after graduation made Denver her permanent home. Her original vision of using her BA in English to become a teacher and author was derailed by her first job as a bank teller. Her forty-year career path took her instead through various accounting and financial jobs, and the acquisition of a Masters Degree in Finance. Her corporate experience includes the oil and gas industry, investment firms, software development, and working with a national speaker/comedian. After the sudden loss of her husband to cardiac amyloidosis in 2005 she moved to a small town in the Colorado Mountains and began to write.
A Suffering Heart
by Paula Scanland
A Suffering Heart
by Paula Scanland
Published Apr 13, 2012
229 Pages
Genre: FICTION / General
Book Details
Searching for answers
Meryl’s perfect life seemed to be over after Don died suddenly from a rare disease. For years she has been trying to move on but to no avail. Now Meryl finds herself experiencing strange things that she can’t explain. She is determined to find the answers to these bizarre events. In so doing, she is able to let go of her past and enjoy…a different kind of life.
Book Excerpt
She grabbed the phone receiver and hit zero on the keypad. The night desk clerk at the hotel answered, but he didn’t get a chance to say anything. “Call 9-1-1,” Meryl yelled. “I need help in here. I’m in room 323. Please, tell them to hurry!” She dropped the receiver and put her hand on Don’s cheek. “No! No! No! Don’t you leave me! I’m not ready. I’ll never be ready. The doctors will find a diagnosis soon. They just have to.”
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