The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
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The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
The irresistible literary debut about the hidden desires of church-going Black women
'Tender, truthful.. joyous... full of flawed, bruised, bold, complex, intensely human characters' - Sarah Waters
'It's terrific. I'm savouring every story in it, reading them once, then again.' - Madeline Miller
'Joyous... It's a book in love with life' - The Times
'Left me wanting more. Masterfully written. Deesha Philyaw knows the craft of writing as well as she does the nuances of sex' - Candice Carty-Williams
'Joyful, riotous... Philyaw's great triumph is to permit her characters to inhabit fully their rich and particular interior lives' - Alex Preston
'It's terrific. I'm savouring every story in it, reading them once, then again.' - Madeline Miller
'Joyous... It's a book in love with life' - The Times
'Left me wanting more. Masterfully written. Deesha Philyaw knows the craft of writing as well as she does the nuances of sex' - Candice Carty-Williams
'Joyful, riotous... Philyaw's great triumph is to permit her characters to inhabit fully their rich and particular interior lives' - Alex Preston
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. It is currently being adapted for television by HBO Max. Deesha is also a Kimbilo Fiction Fellow and will be the 2022-2023 John and Renée Grisham Writer-in-Residence at the University of Mississippi.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781911590712 |
| ISBN 10 | 1911590715 |
| Title | The Secret Lives of Church Ladies |
| Author | Deesha Philyaw |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pushkin Press |
| Year published | 2023-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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