Angela Fournier - Tabula Rasa

She was afraid for her life, to stay longer would be crippling, so Gloria Jackson, a mid-teen, ran away from her New Hampshire home to the bright lights of Los Angeles. Along her journey she was thrown from a tanker, and found half-frozen in the White Mountains by an aging recluse. Through his mentoring, she grew to accept herself, her strength and her determination... and also took his last name ...