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The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

Deesha Philyaw

Editora: ONE

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'Left   me wanting more. Masterfully written' Candice Carty-Williams, author of   Queenie
'This book is   the one I've passed to friends, family and anyone else who will listen to me   rave about how warm and wonderful this writing is... beautiful and honest'   Caleb Azumah Nelson, author of Open   Water
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.
There is fourteen-year-old Jael, who nurses a   crush on the preacher's wife; the mother who bakes a sublime peach cobbler   every Monday for her date with the married Pastor; and Eula and Caroletta,   single childhood friends who seek solace in each other's arms every New   Year's Eve.
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.
Disponível desde: 05/05/2022.
Comprimento de impressão: 224 páginas.

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