The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman
"Philyaw has created a heroine you canât help but root for, and a book you canât help but love." - Rufi Thorpe, author of Margo's Got Money Troubles
"Smart and juicy and compulsively readable." - Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding Date and The Proposal
The wife of a popular and powerful megachurch pastor upends her charmed ârags-to-Rolexâ life when her secret past comes roaring into the spotlightâin this "funny and juicy and sexy and delicious peek behind the pulpit" (Samantha Irby) from the acclaimed and beloved author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies.
From the moment Scharisse Freeman ditched her humble roots and married a megachurch pastor fifteen years her senior, sheâs been labeled too brash and too âof the worldâ by church folks who grudgingly accepted her into their fold, and too holy by her estranged childhood bestie Petra. Schar doesnât have many allies, but that hasnât stopped her from building an enviable business empire spanning books to clothing to branded products, and living the comfortable life her husband's power affords her.
On the eve of her 40th birthday, Schar gets the final bit of validation sheâs always dreamt of: a coveted invitation to participate in the First Lady USA pageant. This is her chance to be accepted by the other pastorsâ wivesâFirst Ladiesâwho are âlike Jesusâ disciples if they had been a group of mean girls.â Finally, blissfully, the ice between Schar and the other First Ladies begins to thaw.
But as the pageant nears, a sensational scandal breaks with Schar at its center, and her carefully curated life implodes. Schar faces down shame and terrible secrets from her childhood and is reminded that in the eyes of the church, optics can matter more than the truth.
Unflinchingly funny, frank, and splendidly unruly, The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman exults in the luscious, messy pleasure of finally feeling free.
"Deesha Philyaw has already established herself as one of the greatest short story writers, but in The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman she cements herself as the most soulfully entertaining writer of her era." - Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy and Long Division
"Philyaw has created a heroine you canât help but root for, and a book you canât help but love." - Rufi Thorpe, author of Margo's Got Money Troubles
"Smart and juicy and compulsively readable." - Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding Date and The Proposal
The wife of a popular and powerful megachurch pastor upends her charmed ârags-to-Rolexâ life when her secret past comes roaring into the spotlightâin this "funny and juicy and sexy and delicious peek behind the pulpit" (Samantha Irby) from the acclaimed and beloved author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies.
From the moment Scharisse Freeman ditched her humble roots and married a megachurch pastor fifteen years her senior, sheâs been labeled too brash and too âof the worldâ by church folks who grudgingly accepted her into their fold, and too holy by her estranged childhood bestie Petra. Schar doesnât have many allies, but that hasnât stopped her from building an enviable business empire spanning books to clothing to branded products, and living the comfortable life her husband's power affords her.
On the eve of her 40th birthday, Schar gets the final bit of validation sheâs always dreamt of: a coveted invitation to participate in the First Lady USA pageant. This is her chance to be accepted by the other pastorsâ wivesâFirst Ladiesâwho are âlike Jesusâ disciples if they had been a group of mean girls.â Finally, blissfully, the ice between Schar and the other First Ladies begins to thaw.
But as the pageant nears, a sensational scandal breaks with Schar at its center, and her carefully curated life implodes. Schar faces down shame and terrible secrets from her childhood and is reminded that in the eyes of the church, optics can matter more than the truth.
Unflinchingly funny, frank, and splendidly unruly, The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman exults in the luscious, messy pleasure of finally feeling free.
"Deesha Philyaw has already established herself as one of the greatest short story writers, but in The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman she cements herself as the most soulfully entertaining writer of her era." - Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy and Long Division
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"Philyaw has created a heroine you canât help but root for, and a book you canât help but love." - Rufi Thorpe, author of Margo's Got Money Troubles
"Smart and juicy and compulsively readable." - Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding Date and The Proposal
The wife of a popular and powerful megachurch pastor upends her charmed ârags-to-Rolexâ life when her secret past comes roaring into the spotlightâin this "funny and juicy and sexy and delicious peek behind the pulpit" (Samantha Irby) from the acclaimed and beloved author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies.
From the moment Scharisse Freeman ditched her humble roots and married a megachurch pastor fifteen years her senior, sheâs been labeled too brash and too âof the worldâ by church folks who grudgingly accepted her into their fold, and too holy by her estranged childhood bestie Petra. Schar doesnât have many allies, but that hasnât stopped her from building an enviable business empire spanning books to clothing to branded products, and living the comfortable life her husband's power affords her.
On the eve of her 40th birthday, Schar gets the final bit of validation sheâs always dreamt of: a coveted invitation to participate in the First Lady USA pageant. This is her chance to be accepted by the other pastorsâ wivesâFirst Ladiesâwho are âlike Jesusâ disciples if they had been a group of mean girls.â Finally, blissfully, the ice between Schar and the other First Ladies begins to thaw.
But as the pageant nears, a sensational scandal breaks with Schar at its center, and her carefully curated life implodes. Schar faces down shame and terrible secrets from her childhood and is reminded that in the eyes of the church, optics can matter more than the truth.
Unflinchingly funny, frank, and splendidly unruly, The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman exults in the luscious, messy pleasure of finally feeling free.
"Deesha Philyaw has already established herself as one of the greatest short story writers, but in The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman she cements herself as the most soulfully entertaining writer of her era." - Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy and Long Division