Review: Sometimes Fairy Tales Do Come True...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 11, 2012
Sometimes fairy tales do come true--IF you choose to open the magic door and walk forward on your own two feet, daring to face whatever comes your way. That appears to be the "enchanted" lesson of PearlS by Jacqueline Sanders whose heroine Pearl Sinclair suffers devastating (and disfiguring) setbacks in childhood. Believing that she can prevail, however, readers watch Pearl as she sets her face to create a better life for herself, and then goes forward with both courage and vision to seek her dreams. Along the way, her spirit is nurtured by the Sacred Oak of Oleka (a tree that is considered magical by the Lenape Indian tribe). Both the folklore surrounding this tree and its very essence appear to have a healing effect on Pearl, but this is no easy, push-button redemption, for Pearl chooses to fully engage in her life and to take on creative challenges--including writing a fairy tale herself that will help others heal. As Pearl says, "Her fairy tale would be the truth...and illuminate the pearls that can emerge in everyone's lives." Pearl doesn't mince words about how tough life can really be, but what she does strive to do is to create "an instruction guide for those who never thought they could prevail with unusual happiness." In areas of career fulfillment & romance, Pearl does just that--not by waving a wand, but by believing in herself enough to create a life that becomes pure magic.