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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780739488553
ISBN: 0061438448
Label: William Morrow
Manufacturer: William Morrow
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 176
Publication Date: November 01, 2007
Publisher: William Morrow
Release Date: October 23, 2007
Studio: William Morrow
Sales Rank: 30067




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Theodora is the matriarch of a family that has grown into a bunch of truculent knuckleheads. While she's finally gotten them all together in South Carolina to celebrate, this Christmas looks nothing like the extravagant, homey holidays of her childhood.



What happened to the days when Christmas meant tables groaning with home-cooked goodies, over-the-top decorations, and long chats in front of the fire with Pearl, her grandmother's beloved housekeeper and closest confidante?



Luckily for Theodora, a special someone who heard her plea for help arrives, with pockets full of enough Gullah magic and common sense to make Theodora's Christmas the love-filled miracle it's meant to be.





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Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Ghost of Christmas Past, Makes A Better Christmas Present
Ninety-three-year-old Theodora, matriarch of her family, has gathered her savage, but modern, family together at her South Carolina home to celebrate the holidays. But, she can't stand her family, and this Christmas seems bleak and grey compared to the ones of her childhood. She remembers the over-the-top Christmas decorations, the tables covered with layers of homemade food, and conversations with her grandmother's most trusted housekeeper, Pearl. Theodora's maid gets called away, and the ghost ... Read More



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - I Want A Pearl Too!
This is a delightful bit of Southern Christmas magic that no one should miss. Theodora is the elderly matriarch of a very messed up family. This Christmas she's finally gotten them all together to celebrate, and all she really wants is a glorious, homespun holiday like when she was a girl. Enter Pearl--the now angel of her beloved childhood friend/nanny/housekeeper. Sassy, fun, and not above a dirty trick or two, these two ladies teach this disjointed family about what it means to love and respect ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Dorothea Benton Frank is the author of seven bestsellers
Her first was Sullivan's Island (Lowcountry Tales) and her newest is The Land of Mango Sunsets. In her newest The Christmas Pearl she explores the story of a fractured family --- their rivalries, insecurities, secrets, and lies --- and how, through the desperation of Theodora and the magic of Pearl, they rediscover their deep devotion to each other. Pull up a chair to the perfectly set holiday table while Frank shows the grand old house as it breathes and rattles in protest and her characters do the same. ... Read More



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A little holiday magic!
The Christmas Pearl

Ms Theodora is 93. Her children, their children all live in her childhood home, as is the custom. It is going to be Christmas Eve, but these days nothing is like it used to be. The families fight constantly, and Theodora doesn't know what to do. She gets help in an unexpected way, with a little bit of help from Clean Slate Punch and Reconciliation Eggnog thrown in, we have a short book but the message comes across.

Will everyone find it in themselves to try a ... Read More



Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Fast read
This is the smallest book you will read all year. While I wanted to love the story, I thought it lacked real imagination and I never fully cared for any of the characters. I have felt that the last few books by Dorothea Frank have been flat. The last book she wrote was just a re-write of Sullivan's Island. This book is fast and has some good recipes and is a quick read. For that reason alone that I gave it three stars.



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     Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780739488553
ISBN: 0061438448
Label: William Morrow
Manufacturer: William Morrow
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 176
Publication Date: November 01, 2007
Publisher: William Morrow
Release Date: October 23, 2007
Studio: William Morrow
Sales Rank: 30067
  
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Cunard Line has announced that its new 85,000-ton cruise ship, which is scheduled to enter service in 2008, will be named Queen Victoria. Based in Southampton, England, the Cunard Queen Victoria will be the second largest Cunard Queen ever built. Together with the current flagship, Queen Elizabeth 2, and Queen Mary 2, the biggest passenger liner ever, the Cunard fleet will include three Queens for the first time – truly the most famous ocean liners in the world.   Cunard QE II Cruises

Cruise Queen Victoria will enter service in the company’s 165th anniversary and will operate cruises to and from Southampton to the Mediterranean, the Canaries, Northern Europe, the Caribbean, and South America. The 1,968-passenger vessel will feature a covered wraparound promenade deck, a forward-facing observation lounge, a large Lido pool with a retractable magrodome, and 10 of the12 passenger decks will be served by exterior glass-walled lifts. Like QE2 and QM2, the liner will have a Queens Grill, offering single-seating gourmet dining. There will also be a unique Colonial Restaurant on Deck 11 with spectacular panoramic views.

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The on-board menus, entertainment and lecture program will be geared to British tastes and the currency will be sterling. Queen Victoria will fly the red ensign; she will have the name of her home port, Southampton, on her stern, and she will have a British Captain and Officers.   In design terms the cruise Cunard Queen Victoria will have an undeniably British feel with two British design teams being responsible for the interior of the Cunard Queen Victoria.

Queen Victoria is being built at Italy’s Fincantieri shipyard in Marghera, near Venice, with her keel laid on July 12, 2003. One of the most technically advanced shipbuilders in the world, Fincantieri has built more than 7,000 vessels, including many for Cunard’s parent Carnival Corporation. Originally ordered as the fifth in a series of five 'Vista' class ships for sister company Holland America, the contact was signed over to Cunard before the keel was laid and Holland America then ordered a further ship for delivery  in 2006.   Enjoy a Cruise on Queen Victoria.  The lead ship in the series, Zuiderdam, entered service in December 2002.

No cruise schedules have yet been announced. Her float out is scheduled for May 2007, prior to her delivery in March 2008.She is scheduled to enter service in April 2008.

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