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Book Review of Girl with a Pearl Earring

Girl with a Pearl Earring
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This novel, which imagines a story for Vermeer's "Girl with a pearl earring" painting, was a quick and enjoyable read. The reader follows a girl who becomes Vermeer's maid from age 16 to 18--as she grows from a girl into a woman. The author has done a nice job recreating Holland of the 1660s, as well as creating a character I wanted to follow.