Creole Holiday
1978
First Published
3.81
Average Rating
208
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Laure is the daughter of the great Shakespearean actor of the 1890s, Jules Beaudine, but she has been raised in the home of her straightlaced Aunt Judith. When her father's company is playing in New York, Laure ambushes him in his dressing room, to tell him that she's an adult and wants to live on her own. To defuse the situation, Jules takes Laure with him on holiday to New Orleans. There she gets to know her Creole grandmother and spends a great deal of time visiting with her in the old French Quarter. In the gracious southern home of her father's friends, Laure meets Cole Drummond."
Avg Rating
3.81
Number of Ratings
57
5 STARS
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3 STARS
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Author
Phyllis A. Whitney
Author · 74 books
Phyllis Ayame Whitney (1903 – 2008) was an American mystery writer. Rare for her genre, she wrote mysteries for both the juvenile and the adult markets, many of which feature exotic locations. A review in The New York Times once dubbed her "The Queen of the American Gothics". She was born in Japan to American parents and spent her early years in Asia. Whitney wrote more than seventy novels. In 1961, her book The Mystery of the Haunted Pool won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Juvenile novel, and she duplicated the honor in 1964, for The Mystery of the Hidden Hand. In 1988, the MWA gave her a Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement. Whitney died of pneumonia on February 8, 2008, aged 104.
