"How To Ruin a Pearl", addresses
sexual assault on a variety of levels. The novel addresses the combing
process, the psychological effects that such a violent crime has, not only on
the victim, yet as well of loved ones. It also addresses the sociology of
how many people may act, especially other women who show disgust aimed at the
victim, who was once their friend.
The ripple effect on medical staff, especially
during a combing process of the victim. The novel demonstrates how
investigations like these may be handled. As the story progresses, it addresses
ways the victim, Jackie, works on salvaging whatever she has left. She
slowly realizes , her world has been gutted.
Her use of humor to survive, and also learning
how to empower herself by maintaining the very outlet she was doing when the
incident occurs. Ignoring the naysayers, maintaining normalcy at work and
adding self-defense and karate to her new life. Majority of the Novel
surrounds the time-frame of the years 1989-1990, yet also addresses years as
far back as 1666 in her family. As Jackie recons with her past, and her
family's past history of the violence of domestic abuse aimed at women and
children. She discovers these abuses told to her and some seen to be true
It is after her maternal grandmother, Martha-Anna has passed which occurs seven
weeks before the sexual assault. Jackie is bequeathed a box with the family's
relic, a Antonio Stradivari Violin from 1667. As well, as letters from the
past, that are quite damming.
The purpose of the novel is to bring to light
the topic of sexual assault, domestic violence, abuse, and other crimes against
children and women. Abuse and violence come in many forms, and they need to be
addressed, even if the subjects make us feel uncomfortable.
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