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Book Review of Girl with a Pearl Earring

Girl with a Pearl Earring
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A wonderful story weaving history with fiction. Griet is forced to become a maid in the household of the painter Vermeer, and ends up becoming the subject of the haunting portrait on the cover of the book. The portrait changes Griet's life, but not as you might imagine. Lots of interesting detail about life during the Northern Renaissance period.