The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

The irresistible literary debut about the hidden desires of church-going Black women'Left me wanting more. Masterfully written' Candice Carty-Williams, author of Queenie'Joyous... It's a book in love with life' The Times'Exquisite... delicious' Bolu Babalola, author of Love in ColourThe 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.

Info autore

Deesha Philyaw is an American author, columnist and public speaker. Her debut, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, won the 2021 Pen Faulkner Award, the 2020/2021 Story Prize, and the 2020 LA Times Book Prize for First Fiction and was shortlisted for the National Book Award. Deesha is also a Kimbilio Fiction Fellow, a Baldwin for the Arts Fellow, a United States Artists Fellow, and co-host of two podcasts, Ursa Short Fiction and Reckon True Stories.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Deesha Philyaw, Philyaw Deesha
• Editore: Pushkin Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 01.06.2023
• Categoria: Narrativa > Romanzi
• EAN: 9781911590712
• ISBN: 978-1-911590-71-2
• Numero di pagine: 217
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 12.9 x 19.9 x 1.8 cm
• Categorie: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Literary, Short Stories, Roxane Gay, Brit Bennett, Candice Carty-Williams, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Bad Feminist, Erotic Stories, forbidden love stories, Contemporary short stories, Black feminist fiction, sexuality and religion, Religion and Sexuality, Caleb Azumah Nelson Open Water, raven leilani luster, award winning Black literature, complex female relationships, intergenerational womanhood, desire and freedom, lush emotional storytelling, best American stories, modern Black fiction, Southern Gothic vibes, intimate character portraits, religion sexuality fiction, Black queer women relationships, women’s inner lives, tender and raw fiction, church community secrets, queer Black fiction, Literary short story collection, HBO Max series, desire and faith, beyonce church girl, secret desires, Black women stories, Black women sexuality stories, Black queer stories, Southern Black womanhood, Black church stories