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- catalog abstract ""Matilda Housewright hails from a long line of venerable and well-respected African American retainers - her family has been in "service" for generation, 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. As the story is 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 life of a woman in the midst of change as she maneuvers through a web of secrets, expectations, and worn-out social mores."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13258674.
- catalog coverage "Washington (D.C.) Fiction.".
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""Matilda Housewright hails from a long line of venerable and well-respected African American retainers - her family has been in "service" for generation, 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. As the story is 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 life of a woman in the midst of change as she maneuvers through a web of secrets, expectations, and worn-out social mores."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "370 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Full Matilda.".
- catalog identifier "0767915690".
- catalog isFormatOf "Full Matilda.".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Harlem Moon,".
- catalog relation "Full Matilda.".
- catalog spatial "Washington (D.C.) Fiction.".
- catalog subject "813/.54 22".
- catalog subject "African American domestics Fiction.".
- catalog subject "African American families Fiction.".
- catalog subject "African American household employees Fiction.".
- catalog subject "PS3558.A8488 F85 2004".
- catalog title "The full Matilda : a novel / David Haynes.".
- catalog type "Domestic fiction. lcgft".
- catalog type "Domestic fiction. lcsh".
- catalog type "Domestic fiction.".
- catalog type "text".