His hands: a story of renewed hope. by Yvonne Lehman as a .rtf file. Matthew MacEwen finds the Blue Ridge Mountains a peaceful perfect home for an artist. . .until the day a plane crash destroys his calm. While pulling a young girl from the blazing wreckage, he irreparably scars his hands?and his future. When she is pronounced dead, can Matthew find a reason to go on? Sixteen-year-old Christine Norwood nearly died in the burning wreckage. . .even after a courageous young man intervened. She, too, is left with emotional scars and longs to find the man who gave her a second chance. When she does find him, six years later, Christine sees not a victorious hero but a man as turbulent as the waters ' ' of the Nantahala River. Does she dare identify herself to this broken artist, whose life was shattered by his brave deed? If Christine reveals her past to Matthew, how will he respond? Will he reject her? Or might the two find hope to overcome their fiery trials together? The Veteran novelist lives in the heart of North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains. The founder of the Blue Ridge Christian Writers Conference, she is the recipient of numerous /awards, including The Dwight L Moody Award for Excellence in Christian Literature as well as The National Reader's Choice and Booksellers' Best awards from the Romance Writers of America. A nearly perfect scan with a final K1000 score of 100%. Read through entirely while being scanned. This should prove to be a straightforward easy validation. Mike