Girls Are Pearls

Heather Anne Bloom must be read with a couple of health warnings! First of all, the narrative of her life will make you re-examine your own, or at least that was so when I sat and read this book. She writes with such a measure of self reflection and self understanding, and with doses of humour about the circumstances that lead her to India, and to doing something about her particular passion for promoting the well being of girls and young women. Her story is a salutary reminder that adversity of