Mrs. Candy Strikes It Rich

by Robert Tallant

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Loveable Louisiana humor from a literary master. This comic novel about life in the French Quarter features Mrs. Eustacia Candy Petit, who crashes into Crescent City society after oil is discovered on her husband's property. Money appears to change many things for her and her husband, but Mrs. Candy's friends soon discover that, despite all of the drastic alterations to her life, she is still the same loveable woman she has always been.… (more)

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Loveable Louisiana humor from a literary master. This comic novel about life in the French Quarter features Mrs. Eustacia Candy Petit, who crashes into Crescent City society after oil is discovered on her husband's property. Money appears to change many things for her and her husband, but Mrs. Candy's friends soon discover that, despite all of the drastic alterations to her life, she is still the same loveable woman she has always been.

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