The Christmas Pearl
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4.1 • 313 Ratings
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
Still spry at ninety-three, Theodora has lived long enough to see her family grow into an insufferable bunch of truculent knuckleheads. Having finally gathered the whole bickering brood together for the holidays at her South Carolina home, the grand matriarch pines wistfully for those extravagant, homey Christmases of her childhood. How she misses the tables groaning with home-cooked goodies, the over-the-top decorations, those long, lovely fireside chats with Pearl, her grandmother's beloved housekeeper and closest confidante. These days, where is the love and the joy . . . and the peace?
But this is, after all, a magical time. Someone very special has heard Theodora's plea—and is about to arrive at her door with pockets full of Gullah magic and enough common sense to transform this Christmas into the miracle it's truly meant to be.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
With her truculent family gathered at her stately Charleston mansion for Christmas, 93-year-old matriarch Theodora is having a hard time tolerating the lot of them. Theodora hankers for her 1920s childhood, when Pearl, the family's stern black maid, enforced strict houshold discipline and took no guff while working hard at Christmas, all the while singing gospel favorites such as "Come en Go wid Me." When Theodora's usual maid is called away, Pearl herself (as a ghost) blows in, ready to set the house in order, She unearths the antique cr che and other Christmas heirlooms long buried, and altering the family's general bad temper. Frank (The Land of Mango Sunsets) includes homegrown recipes that further sweeten this Lowcountry holiday confection.
Customer Reviews
Christmas tradition
I think reading this story should be a Christmas tradition for everyone! It is very heartwarming. I love the way she writes in the first person! I love her best friend, Pearl! This is the first book by Ms. Frank that I have read. I will be reading the rest of her books.
Absolutely charming
Should you be in need of a little Christmas spirit, this little charmer will do the trick. Wonderful cast of characters and an imaginative story. Merry Christmas (no matter what the calendar says.). :)
The Christmas Pearl
Such a heart warming story, you can alway count on the author Dorothy Benton Frank to deliver!