Aunt Matilda And Me Go Into Town

Aunt Matilda dresses funny and is slightly clumsy. Though she knows she is being looked at and laughed at, Aunt Matilda doesn't mind and keep's smiling. Today Aunt Matilda is in town with her Niece who is 7 years old, and even though Aunt Matilda's clothes shine brighter than the sun with a raggedy old hat and she trips on this and that, Aunt Matilda isn't bothered by the looks and laughter of others - but her niece is.... How does the visit to town go with those laughing and pointing and an embarrassed niece?... Aunt Matilda is perhaps a lesson for all of us.

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.