Girl with a Pearl Earring Condition:Very Good he's solved all sorts of

he's solved all sorts of minor mysteries at home and at school

Publication Date: 01 Oct 1997

She describes the daily difficulties of being at once American and Chinese and yet feeling at times like she was truly neither

and thoroughly integrated coverage of culture

A local detective has her doubts

Girl with a Pearl Earring Condition:Very Good he's solved all sorts ofHistory and fiction merge seamlessly in Tracy Chevalier's luminous novel about artistic vision and sensual awakening. Through the eyes of sixteen year old Griet, the world of 1660s Holland comes dazzlingly alive in this richly imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeer's most celebrated paintings.