The Christmas Pearl
2007
First Published
3.78
Average Rating
256
Number of Pages
Theodora is the matriarch of a family that, in her opinion, has grown into a bunch of truculent knuckleheads. They've all come together to South Carolina to celebrate Christmas. But this Christmas looks nothing like the extravagant, homey Christmases Theodora grew up with. What happened to the days when the holiday spirit meant tables groaning with home cooked goodies, over–the–top decorations, and long chats in front of the fire with Pearl, her grandmother's housekeeper/manager/caterer/psychiatrist/best friend? Luckily someone hears Theodora's plea for help and Merle (possibly Pearl?) arrives, pockets filled with Gullah magic and common sense to straighten everyone out.
Avg Rating
3.78
Number of Ratings
9,526
5 STARS
30%
4 STARS
31%
3 STARS
28%
2 STARS
8%
1 STARS
2%
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Author
Dorothea Benton Frank
Author · 21 books
Dorothea Benton Frank was a New York Times best-selling American novelist of Southern fiction. She worked in the apparel industry from 1972 until 1985 and then organized fundraisers as a volunteer, before becoming a novelist. She is best known as the author of twenty novels placed in and around the Lowcountry of South Carolina.
