Maya's Notebook

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Neglected by her parents, nineteen-year-old Maya Nidal has grown up in Berkeley with her grandparents. When her grandfather dies of cancer, Maya's life collapses, and she finds herself in a downward spiral that eventually bottoms out in Las Vegas.

Lost in a dangerous underworld, she is caught in the cross­hairs of warring forces. As she tries to make sense of the past, she unravels myste­rious truths about life and about her family, and embarks on her greatest adventure: the journey into her own soul.