01334cam a2200313 i 4500 447625506 TxAuBib 20201103120000.0 200225s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020008805 9781949199734 paperback $18.99 1949199738 paperback $18.99 (OCoLC)1142519248 TxAuBib rda Philyan, Deesha. Short stories Selections. The Secret Lives Of Church Ladies / Deesha Philyan. First edition. Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2020. ℗2020. 179 pages ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "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"-- Provided by publisher. 20201103. Short stories. TXMLR