Pearls of Wisdom: Surviving Against All Odds,Book One

Marie Davis and “Survivors”
A Better Be Write Publisher
ISBN 097677321X
Reviewed by Kornelia Longoria for Reader Views (6/06)

“Pearls of Wisdom. Surviving Against All Odds. Book One” is the first book of the series, which is a collection of life stories written by different women. Mary Davis, the creator of the series, met the authors online in one of the chat rooms she frequently visited, and put their stories together into a very inspiring and heart-warming book. The four women from Book One have seemingly nothing in common. They live in different parts of the States, are of different age, and have different lives. However, the one main thing that they do have in common is the desire to have a good and happy life. All of them have gone through a lot on their way to happiness. It was a bad marriage, problems with drug-abusing children, or problems with their own destructive behavior. Life was not fair to them in many ways, but they fought their way through, strongly believing that one day their patience would be rewarded and everything would get better. 

Probably the most touching for me was Angel’s story, who lost her child in a court battle and even though she tried very much to get the custody over her little daughter, everybody and everything seemed to be against her. As a mother, I can imagine what she must have felt when she could not see her child and could not do anything to change anything about it.

Even though the stories have a lot of pain and emotional suffering in them, they all show us the amazing strength of women and the determination they often show to make their lives meaningful and make the world a better place for the ones they love. I truly admire Concetta, Marianne, Peg and Angel for bravely facing their past and honestly telling us about their lives and often their own mistakes. It shows us that sometimes life does not go exactly how we or our parents planned it for us, but with a little bit of determination and strength, you can turn things around.

I believe that the book would be great for women of all ages. It’s a great source of strength and a reason to pause for a while and appreciate the lives we have. I will definitely look out for the other books in the series.

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