V.C. Andrews Pearl in The Mist 1994 Paperback 1st Edition

POCKET BOOKS, a division of Simon & Schuster Inc. 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 Copyright © 1994 by Virginia C. Andrews Trust All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. For information address Pocket Books, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 ISBN: 0-671-75936-1 First Pocket Books paperback printing October 1994 FATE WHISKED RUBY FROM A SIMPLE LIFE IN THE LOUISIANA BAYOU. BUT HER NEW RICHES BRING MORE TREACHERY THAN HAPPINESS... Even after a year as a Dumas, Ruby still wonders at the splendor of the family's New Orleans mansion, and rejoices in the love of the father she had never known. But true happiness in her new home is as elusive as a swamp mist. Ruby must carefully avoid a venomous enemy: her stepmother, Daphne, who cringes and sneers at her backwater upbringing. And Ruby's every effort to befriend her twin sister, Gisselle especially since Gisselle's crippling accident—is answered with bitterness and vicious backstabbing. So idyllic Greenwood—the exclusive girls boarding school that her father has chosen for his daughters' senior year-seems to promise some peace from the conniving Daphne, and maybe even a fresh start with Gisselle. But Ruby's kind isn't welcome at Greenwood, and the legendarily strict headmistress, Mrs. Ironwood, plots with her stepmother to make her life miserable. Meanwhile, Gisselle is on a mission to break every school rule, leaving Ruby to suffer the