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BOOK REVIEW: Pearl
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by: Laura V. Hilton
Dancing Word Reviewer
Title: Pearl Author: Lauraine Snelling Publisher: Bethany House Publishers ISBN: 0-7642-2221-X Genre: Inspirational/Historical/Women/Fiction
Dove House was once a scandalous house of disrepute. When it was left to Ruby Taylor and her young sister as an inheritance, Ruby is quick to turn it into a three-story hotel—a much more respectable establishment.
Pearl Hossfuss is a twenty-two-year-old school teacher hoping to escape the loveless marriage her father is arranging for her in Chicago. When she sees an ad in the paper for a school teacher in the Dakotah Territories, she is quick to respond. Hiding physical and emotional scars, Pearl has long given up that any man would want to marry her—unless he is a widower with five children and desperate for a woman—any woman—to mother his brood.
Pearl finds teaching in Little Missouri a rewarding experience, even though the town is much more rural than what she’s used to. She even meets an interesting young carpenter. But just as the future begins to look rosy, she receives word that her father is coming to take her back to Chicago. Will Pearl stay and fight for love? Or will her desire to win her father’s approval take her back home?
Pearl and Ruby Taylor are both interesting heroines. I admired the way they were able to adapt to their changing circumstances so well. I found some of the things that happened in the story funny, like the time the cat had kittens in a dresser drawer. I also liked the touches of history that were in the book.
Pearl is an entertaining read, sure to please fans of historical books. My only complaint is that some of the book is a little dry. If you haven’t read book one in the Dakotah Treasures series Ruby you might want to read it first because I was a bit confused by some of the references in Pearl to previous events. |
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