The secret lives of church ladies

Author/Creator:

Philyaw, Deesha, author

Publication/Creation:

Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2020

Format:

Book

Edition:

First edition.

More Details

Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

The secret lives of church ladies / Deesha Philyaw

Uniform Title:

Short stories. Selections

Related/Included Titles:

Eula --
Not-Daniel --
Dear sister --
Peach cobbler --
Snowfall --
How to make love to a physicist --
Jael --
Instructions for married Christian husbands --
When Eddie Levert comes.

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Short stories

Subjects:

African American women--Fiction
African American girls--Fiction
African American women--Religious life--Fiction
Interpersonal relations--Fiction
Short stories, American

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Eula -- Not-Daniel -- Dear sister -- Peach cobbler -- Snowfall -- How to make love to a physicist -- Jael -- Instructions for married Christian husbands -- When Eddie Levert comes.

Summary:

"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"--

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

179 pages ; 19 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937210031202486

ISBN:

9781949199734
1949199738

OCLC Number:

1142519248

Barcode:

050000092065
010003153337