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Description edit
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... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Pearl: The family housekeeper
- Theodora: The great grandmother
- Fred: Theodora's deceased husband.
- Barbara: Theodora's daughter
- Cleland: Barbara's husband.
- George: Cleland and Barbara's firstborn, brother to Camille, married to third wife Lynette, father to Teddie, and a complainer.
- Lynette: George's third wife, who is from a family of lesser means and manners, mother to Teddie
- Teddie: Theodora's great granddaughter that was named after her.
- Camille: Cleland and Barbara's second child, addicted to shopping and drugs, separated from Grayson, mother to Andrew
- Grayson: Camille's husband, now separated, Andrew's father
- Andrew: 8 year old son of Grayson and Camille.
First Sentence edit
When I was a young girl, the glorious celebrations of the Christmas season were a very different affair than they are today.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Dorothea Benton Frank (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: William Morrow
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0061438448
Page Count: 176
Publisher: William Morrow
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0061438448
Page Count: 176
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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