A happy tale to lift us all: Susan Boyle's Cinderella story proves the power of authenticity

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When I learned that Susan Boyle's first recording was an instant best-seller, I began to think about what her startling rise indicates about these modern times.

Boyle has put a crimp in the recording business, where talent is no longer believed in. She has proven that there is more to arousing passion in an international audience than just endless marketing and inescapable promotion.

Unless one is literally dead to the sound and image of our electronic technology, it would be hard not to have heard about the true-life Cinderella story of Boyle.