Sometimes confidence can get you places that an ID card can't. Pearl always knew that she could do whatever was necessary. What she didn't know was that she was "born old." Pearl's supposed birth date, two years early, was a mistake only recently discovered - in her 80s. Pearl's achievements have been the products of a confident mind, during a life that has eschewed the norms and broken new ground. On her own at age 10, she was a chauffeur at 12, took in a disabled older sister at 16 and parented two teenaged siblings when she was 20. Only Pearl's confidence could propel three women on a vacation trip by car from New England to Florida, when airlines were too new to be trusted. Only confidence could launch Pearl's one-woman stand against a discriminatory corporate wage policy that paid men more than women for the same work - and only Pearl could convince the owner to change the policy! Pearl's greatest desire is to share her confidence so that others, too, may succeed. She says, "You've heard of Grandma Moses - it's time you learn about Great-Grammy Pearl!"
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Pearl Bretemps: The Fountain of Youth worked for Pearl! Too soon old, she discovered during her octogenarian years that she was still young. Pearl hopes that her stories of confidence will inspire readers to believe in themselves. Debra R. E. O'Reilly: Debra is an award-winning professional whose writing has been featured in numerous employment-industry publications. She is a ghostwriter by trade, although not in the traditional sense of the word. For over a decade, Debra has produced “abbreviated biographies” in the form of résumés, cover letters and professional profiles. A certified résumé writer and career coach, Debra listens to and relates other people’s stories by focusing their energies and expressing their own uniqueness in print.
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