I loved each of these finely drawn, often heart breaking vignettes of Black women. When we think of secret lives, we often think of sex – and there’s plenty of that in this book, but as in life, sex means so much more for each of these women. There’s a daughter, stealing moments of pleasure with a married man in a hospice parking lot while their mothers are inside. There’s a daughter, learning how to take crumbs and make them into a whole damn pie. […]
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
