02792cam a2200421 4500 522436917 TxAuBib 20210904120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781705268810 1705268811 c7b8156c-6354-4c4e-bb1f-6b55860afa29 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5696762 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Philyaw, Deesha. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies [Libby]. Tantor Media, Inc., 2020. african. Fiction. American. women. literature. Literary. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 113MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 113MB. Fiction. African American Fiction. Literature. 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. There is fourteen-year-old Jael, who has a crush on the preacher's wife. At forty-two, Lyra realizes that her discomfort with her own body stands between her and a new love. As Y2K looms, Caroletta's "same time next year" arrangement with her childhood best friend is tenuous. A serial mistress lays down the ground rules for her married lovers. In the dark shadows of a hospice parking lot, grieving strangers find comfort in each other. 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. Media Type: Audiobook. National Book Award Finalist. PEN/Faulkner Award. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 13:21:58. Edwards, Janina. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1219-1/5696762-TheSecretLivesOfChurchLadies.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c7b8156c-6354-4c4e-bb1f-6b55860afa29&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1219-1/5696762-TheSecretLivesOfChurchLadies.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c7b8156c-6354-4c4e-bb1f-6b55860afa29&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)