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The secret lives of church ladies
- Title
- The secret lives of church ladies / Deesha Philyaw.
- Author
- Philyaw, Deesha
- Publication
- Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2020.
- ©2020
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc C 21-7 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Details
- Description
- 179 pages; 19 cm
- 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"--
- Uniform Title
- Short stories. Selections
- Alternative Title
- Short stories.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Fiction.
- Short stories.
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc C 21-7
- ISBN
- 9781949199734
- 1949199738
- LCCN
- 2020008805
- OCLC
- 1142519248
- Author
- Philyaw, Deesha, author.
- Title
- The secret lives of church ladies / Deesha Philyaw.
- Publisher
- Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2020.
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Local Note
- DEBUT SHORT STORY COLL. OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN AMER. WOMEN, THEIR RELIGIOUS INFLUENCES & CHALLENGES.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc C 21-7