This page provides information about my two novels,
and links lead to excerpts from both novels and to the websites of my publisher and agent.
"In Madame Zee, Pearl Luke's deep compassion for our human frailties is
unmistakable as she explores the dangers inherent in following passion into belief."
-Gail Anderson-Dargatz, author of The Cure for Death by Lightning and A Recipe for Bees
"Exquisite...Madame Zee takes flight and races toward its fearful end:
the consequences of too much knowing."
-Fred Stenson, Giller Prize finalist for The Trade
"Madame Zee is a fascinating fictional biography of a deeply
unusual woman. Behind Zee's intelligence lies Luke's own. She offers
us a character who, while falling for the seductions of a cult leader,
retains the clarity to observe his manipulations -- an adroit and
perceptive rendering."
-Catherine Bush, author of The Rules of Engagement and Claire's Head
"Madame Zee is a fascinating story about one woman's struggle to
fulfil her gift; Luke vividly evokes both the greedy sensuality of the
roaring twenties and the tortured asceticism of a West Coast commune."
-Kathy Page, author of Alphabet and Story of My Face
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