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The Full Matilda
David Haynes
其他書名
A Novel
出版
Harlem Moon
, 2004
主題
Fiction / General
Fiction / Sagas
Fiction / Literary
Fiction / Urban & Street Lit
Fiction / African American & Black / General
Fiction / African American & Black / Urban & Street Lit
Fiction / City Life
ISBN
0767915690
9780767915694
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=_9RaAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Matilda Housewright hails from a long line of venerable and well-respected African American retainers--her family has been in "service" for generations, serving Washington, D.C., politicos and other upper-crust families. The daughter of the indispensable majordomo Jacob Housewright, Matilda grew up in the house of a powerful D.C. senator and learned how to be a hostess extraordinaire--and has perfected the art of service. But after her father dies and she starts a catering business with her brother, Matilda begins to question who she is and what, exactly, she's serving. Told in the voices of the men in her life, with connecting interludes from Matilda, the reader indeed gets
The Full Matilda,
a glorious glimpse inside the intriguing life of a captivating woman in the midst of change as she maneuvers through a web of secrets, expectations, and worn-out social mores.