The Failed Plans of Matilda and the Nurse That Caused Unhappiness

About the Book

The parents have preplanned the marriage of their 13 year old daughter without letting her know. After Matilda finds out about the marriage, she makes plans to run away but she is not aware of plans that her mother and nurse have arranged. Lucious, a very nice looking young man, falls in love with her but is afraid that her parents will not permit him to marry their daughter. Read about the excitement and disappointments that the couple and the parents go through.

About the Author

Betty Jean Lathan taught in the public school system for thirty-five years and retired as a department chair of the English and foreign language department at one of the local freshmen schools in Midland. She started teaching at one of the local Midland Charter Schools for the last four years. Currently, she is teaching part time at Midland Academy Charter School as a speech communication teacher. She was born in Marlin, Texas and started her early education there until her family moved to the West Texas area where her father served as a United Methodist pastor. She is a graduate of West Texas State University in Canyon, Texas where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in secondary English and Speech in 1972. She received her Master of Education from Sul Ross State University in Al Pine, Texas in 1997. She is the daughter of the late Rev. Wilbart Bledsoe and Mrs. Daphinie Bledsoe. She was married to the late Rev. Robert Earl Lathan for thirty-three years. She has one son, Robert Antoine Lathan and twin grandsons, Raylan Azeem and Braylon Uriah Lathan. Mrs. Lathan believes that students must follow their dreams and never stop believing in themselves. Mrs. Lathan is the author of two other children books: Sierra, The Unwanted Cat and The Failed Plans of Matilda and the Nurse That Caused Unhappiness.