"What's the opposite of premonition? There are people who 'know' things in advance, or say they do. I am not one of them. In fact, I frequently don't 'know' something even after it's already happened.... All of which is a roundabout way of saying that when my well-ordered life started unraveling, de
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
โ Scribed by Cage, John;Philyaw, Deesha
- Publisher
- West Virginia University Press
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 78 KB
- Edition
- First edition
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- Morgantown West Virginia University Press 2020
- ISBN
- 1949199746
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โฆ Synopsis
"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. The nine stories in this collection feature four generations of characters grappling with who they want to be in the world, caught as they are between the church's double standards and their own needs and passions"--.
โฆ Subjects
Anthologie
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