Finding Oneself...

When I was in high school my favourite subject was English. Subtly, my favourite teacher was also my English teacher. Knowing I love reading, one day she gave me a book. “The main character in this book reminds me of you. You are a prideful, strong and most importantly honourable young lady. I know you will love it,” she said. 

This is my first post and I wanted to dedicate my first post to my teacher, Ms Ellen, who gave me the book and made me realise that being strong and kind comes from within. That innocence is the key to life. That family is the most imperative to oneself. All of which the main character, Griet, inhibits and what Ms Ellen must have seen within me to make her give me the book.

Sometimes a book comes into one’s life forever. You remember the first time you held that book, where you were when you were reading, what it made you feel and sometimes you even change after reading that book because it allows you to self-reflect and ponder on life. Girl with a Pearl Earring did just that. 

Based on one of Johannes Vermeer's wonderful work of art, Tracy Chevalier transcends the “Girl with a Pearl Earring” into a truly magical story. 

Favourite Quote:

“He saw things in a way that others did not, so that a city I had lived in all my life seemed a different place, so that a woman became beautiful with the light on her face.”