Review: A Delightful, Precious Story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 29, 2012
Author Jacqueline Sanders writes a book you don't want to rush through.  Every sentence, every scene is beautifully written as with a gentle stroke of a pen.  The main character, Pearl, as a child, is injured in an auto accident leaving her with four horrendous facial scars that she carries through to adulthood.  These scars take a toll throughout her life and career, and she assumes that she will never have a man to love her or have a family of her own.  But Pearl is a determined women to make the very best of her life and to be a person who brings out the best in others within her community. She leads her community in a drive to save an old oak tree, traditionally known as the Sacred Oak of Oleka considered to have healing powers by the Lenape Indian tribe.  This story reads like a fairy tale, with sensitivity, beauty, and enchantment.  I savored every word of this beautiful, enlightening tale.  It's the most wonderful story of compassion,courage and determination that I've read yet this year.  It is very uplifting.  I highly recommend it to all women, and to those men who have sensitivity.