Girl With a Pearl Earring is by Tracy Chevalier. It's about a young girl coming of age in the later part of the 15th century. She is Protistant and is hired out to work as a maid for a Chatholic family. Her 'master' is an artist. It's a very interesting, mild, story about being a woman in that time. It is very well written and easy to read. I thing you all would like it.
[Smile] Sandy