Helpful Score: 2
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 pleaand 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.
What a pure delight to read! And, good for the whole year through! Wonderful to read besides just at Christmas just for a lot of happiness --- such a short read also with miracles abiding throughout the whole story! A THIRD of the book is really good old fashion recipes and many will remember and delight in from the past and for today! Any person who has a heart has to enjoy this book!
But this is, after all, a magical time. Someone very special has heard Theodora's pleaand 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.
What a pure delight to read! And, good for the whole year through! Wonderful to read besides just at Christmas just for a lot of happiness --- such a short read also with miracles abiding throughout the whole story! A THIRD of the book is really good old fashion recipes and many will remember and delight in from the past and for today! Any person who has a heart has to enjoy this book!
