Pearls of Wisdom
Advice from a Dead Squirrel Who Knows Everything
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- 12,99 €
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- 12,99 €
Publisher Description
Enter the mystical and magical world of the internet sensation ME Pearl, the psychic squirrel deity, and her human mouthpiece Georgette, YouTube's famous "opossum lady."
Pearl is a dead squirrel who knows everything. With the aid of her earthly mouthpiece Georgette Spelvin, Pearl has been sharing her psychic wisdom with her human disciples for years, delving into topics as varied and complex as love, money, work, health, and etiquette. Once hidden in the delightful corners of the internet for the canniest lurkers and most sacred seekers on the website MEPearl.com, Pearl’s cosmology now comes to life in print for the first time ever, revealing for the masses the secret for everlasting happiness, in addition to a newly-unearthed trove of Pearl’s bewitching, incisive, and illuminating advice that makes sense of every ancient—and current—mystery.
With the same “delightfully peculiar” (New York magazine) flair that has made Pearl and Georgette sensations online and had videos of them featured on shows such as The Ellen DeGeneres Show and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Pearls of Wisdom welcomes readers into the bewildering and addictive world of ME Pearl—one rife with Jackie O. glamour, David Lynch lunacy, marsupial melodrama, and psychedelic spirituality. Proffering new insights on everything from wildlife to the afterlife, Pearls of Wisdom is a true sacred text for the internet age—if not eternity.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
After a decade of entertaining YouTube viewers with bizarre videos—featuring, among other oddities, opossum massages and pedicures—wildlife rehabilitator Spelvin debuts with a work that's just as irreverent and bemusing, as she dispenses the wisdom of a dead psychic squirrel. Channeling the "fabulous" rodent Pearl—"alternately characterized as... fuzzy wuzzy widdle wodent, and purveyor of the best damn snake oil on the market"—Spelvin interweaves tips on wildlife care (such as grooming one's marsupial) with wacky wordplay and squirrel spirituality. She encourages readers to volunteer at wildlife sanctuaries and cautions against fireworks and holiday plants that are harmful to wildlife—"munching on mistletoe, holly, and poinsettia can be toxic"—while pasta-loving Pearl extols the power of refined carbs, offers relationship advice, and shares her secrets to happiness ("Drugs—but I don't advise them"). However, a manic chapter of "Lists and Lists and Lists and Lists and Lists" of opossum names ("Dot, Polka, Polka Dot, Polonaise") submitted by video followers quickly becomes monotonous. Meanwhile, the relentless plugs for the authors' website ("purchasing trinkets from our online gift shop is sure to be helpful") comes off as more mercenary than clever. Even so, this absurd guide from an "ascended dead squirrel" is sure to amuse those seeking a diversion from these equally strange times.
