Her middle - aged , unmarried daughter Eunice , a devout Catholic , is reluctant to be burdened with the Tillerman children .
At Aunt Cilla 's , Dicey and her family learn some uncomfortable truths : their mother is not there and Aunt Cilla is recently deceased .
mother 's middle - aged , unmarried daughter Eunice , a devout Catholic , is reluctant to be burdened with the Tillerman children .
At Aunt Cilla 's , Dicey and her family learn some uncomfortable truths : their mother is not there and Aunt Cilla is recently deceased .