02312cam a2200445 i 4500 2791916513 TxAuBib 20250624120000.0 r 260327s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780061741326 electronic bk. 0061741329 electronic bk. MWT13231564 Midwest rda TxAuBib rda Frank, Dorothea Benton, author. The Christmas Pearl [Hoopla] / Dorothea Benton Frank. [United States : HarperCollins, 2009. Made available through hoopla. 1 online resource (256 pages.) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Instant title available through hoopla. 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. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Hoopla eBook. Christmas stories Fiction. Families Fiction. Holidays Fiction. Ghosts Fiction. Women Fiction. South Carolina Social life and customs Fiction. Electronic books. Fantasy fiction. lcgft Romance fiction. lcgft Fiction. lcgft Hoopla digital. https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/13231564?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hh3964 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/hpc_9780061741326_180.jpeg Cover image BSBPL