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Pearl of Great Price  by Lindelea 2 Review(s)
FantasyFanReviewed Chapter: 7 on 12/8/2003
Thank goodness for Merry and the Brandybucks! I wonder if they will extend their stay at the Smials to make sure that Pearl is well settled in? As much as Lalia seems to be testing Pearl to see how she will handle her new place, Merry knows just what to do to make her feel cared for and understood. But there is a bit of a soft spot even for Lalia, who can't comfortably go out in the air, and doesn't see as well as she pretends. If Pearl can keep that note of sympathy and a little bit of control, she'll be all right. I'm wondering what will happen when the Brandybucks finally go home, and Pearl's best friends are Rosemary and Ferdi?

Author Reply: I know the Brandybucks are to stay at least a week. They might extend their visit to two weeks, but need to be back in Buckland for Remembering Day on the 2nd of November.

As far as the future... the story is outlined, but not yet written. There's something about the holidays... all the extra goings-on have eaten most of my "free time", and one does have to sleep, for some reason.

But if I can carve a few hours this week for writing, you'll get to see what happens when the Brandybucks finally go home.

Lyta PadfootReviewed Chapter: 7 on 12/8/2003
I agree with Paladin on this one - I'd want my daughter (assuming I am ever blessed enough to have one) to use her head and not her body. I like the seamstress hobit, poor thing, I imagine Pearl must be a pleasure to help after all the stiffer necked Tooks.

Author Reply: Definitely! It is nice that the Brandybucks are more practical than the Tooks. Probably because they're a much younger branch, you know. Brandy Hall hasn't been around all that long, compared to the Great Smials. Bunch of upstarts... and of course, Esmeralda is not a "Smials Took" herself, which gives her some perspective.

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