Pearls are new converts to Gilead’s faith, transported from the outside world into Gilead by an accompanying Pearl Girl.
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Pearls Term Timeline in The Testaments
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Chapter 46: The Ardua Hall Holograph
...death and literally tear their bodies to pieces. All of the Aunts, Supplicants, and new Pearls are there to watch, and Aunt Immortelle (Becka) feints as she watches her father be...
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Chapter 52: The Ardua Hall Holograph
...and nearly catches her in the act. Vidala states that she doesn’t trust the new Pearl, Jade, and thinks the tattoo on her arm is both ridiculous and blasphemous for associating...
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Chapter 53: Transcript of Witness Testimony 369B
...very difficult, and she realizes that she truly knows nothing about the country. After the Pearl Girl ceremony, new Pearls are made to kneel in an all-night prayer vigil. One of...
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