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” —Ms. 2*Author: Deesha PhilyawFormat: PaperbackProduct Description With their secret longings, new love, and forbidden affairs, these church ladies are as seductive as they want to be, as vulnerable as they need to be, as unfaithful and unrepentant as they care to be - and as free as they deserve to be. A serial mistress lays down the ground rules for her married lovers. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies explores the raw and tender places where Black women and girls dare to follow their desires and pursue a momentary reprieve from being good. ” —Publishers Weekly“Cheeky, insightful, and irresistible. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies explores the raw and tender places where Black women and girls dare to follow their desires and pursue a momentary reprieve from being good. 75
- Paperback: 189 pages
- 48 inches
- Item Weight: 8 ounces
- Publisher: West Virginia University Press (September 1, 2020)
- 7 x 7.
- Language: English
- ISBN-13: 9781949199734
Reviews
Donald Morgan
! It will be firmly in my top 3 of 2022 reads, I'm sure. I could not give it less than 5 stars. The stories cover religion, families, love, sexuality, colourism and a woman’s lot.
Helene
Thank you @pushkin_press and @netgalley for the copy. I read this collection in 2 sittings.
Andrea
Highly recommended. Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC. It’s a tight, bold, strong collection and I loved it! All views are my own.
Fabulous! I absolutely adored how raw, beautiful, sexually charged the stories were.
The media could not be loaded. All about the overlooked and undervalued inner and outer lives of black women. What a beautifully written collection of interwoven short stories! The stories cover many sensitive topics: religion (of course), poverty, family, sex, love, food, homophobia, and more.
They’re funny and smart and you feel really invested in the characters and their relationships. . But perhaps not to gift to older, prudish relatives.
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