Broken Shadows : 9780595312405 : 24 May 2004 : Find a perfect world, where a teenager's life is completely mapped out, everything falls neatly into place, and bad things never happen to good people. Then, introduce it to Bertha. A witty and sometimes over opinionated New Yorker, who quickly discovers that falling in love takes a lot of hard work--especially when trying to balance it with school, work, friends and family.After mourning her father's death and learning of a family secret, the last thing on Bertha's mind was finding love. Then along came Bosie, and everything changed.Bertha could handle living in the big city, running into nosy neighbors, and avoiding drug dealers, but love was something she didn't expect would be so complicated.Maybe staying single was the answer...Or was it?