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Who Said Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend?
For Immediate Release
Contact: Adrianna Sloan of Beyond Words Publishing (503.531.8700)
Pearls are a true work of nature's art, the only gems created by a live creature from an irritant it can't expel. Just as
nature transforms a burden into a precious jewel, women may overcome their hardships by remaking them into cherished
parts of themselves. Mary Olsen Kelly's Path of the Pearl: Discover Your Treasures Within (ISBN: 1-58270-085-0, Sept. 2002, $16.96 Hardcover 5 x 7, 160 pp) is a gracious guide to
this process, offering each woman an opportunity to celebrate her own transformation and treasure the pearl that is her life.
Always at the height of fashion, the pearl has enchanted and delighted seekers of beauty, rarity, wealth, and power throughout
history. But the pearl's appeal goes far beyond personal adornment. Treasured by royalty, stolen by pirates, and hoarded in secret dragon lairs, the promise
of the pearl and its legendary mystical, restorative, and healing powers have ignited imaginations for centuries. Path of the Pearl captures the
strength of this enduring symbol by using the pearl as a metaphor for personal growth.
More than mere jewelry, the pearl is a spiritual teacher, a magical amulet that serves as a conduit between our day-to-day
lives and the Mystery beyond. By using the six criteria used by merchants for grading pearls — color, size, shape, luster, orient, and surface perfection —
women can evaluate their own life journeys and recognize their own unique challenges. Each criterion offers a new way of discovering
and embracing one's whole self, complete with imperfections, and rejoicing in the hard-earned wisdom obtained by overcoming adversity. Readers
are invited to learn more of their inner secrets through questions at the end of each chapter that inspire reflection and meditation.
Through many years of working with pearls, Mary Olsen Kelly, co-owner of the Black Pearl Gallery fine jewelry stores in Hawaii, has gained insight into her
own life and also noticed similar paths shared by other women. By overcoming such obstacles as illness, financial and creative blocks,
and previous failed marriages, Kelly has learned to see suchallengesges as a part of her spiritual development, and in Path of the Pearl she invites
others to do the same.
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