The Secret Lives of Church Ladies Colette B. Hohnbaum and Gospel Writing

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The Secret Lives of Church Ladies Colette B. Hohnbaum and Gospel WritingThe 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