The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman 9781529935912 Hardback

Fasten your seatbelt… From the multi-prize winning author ofThe Secret Lives of Church Ladies, the dazzling, funny, whipsmart novel about one woman’s (sometimes misguided) search for acceptance.’A master of detail, desire and delicious humour’CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS’Pure audacious joy!’BONNIE GARMUS’This novel is so alive!’RAVEN LEILANI’Fierce, fabulous, and very funny’Oprah Daily’The novel everyone is going to be talking about’JASMINE GUILLORY’Funny and juicy and sexy’SAMANTHA IRBY’I laughed, I cried, I got turned on! A heroine you cant help but root for.’RUFI THORPE___Meet Scharisse Freeman, the Beyonc of the megachurch world: bold, unapologetic, ambitious, very much her own woman.For the same reasons, she has always been a pariah among the other preachers’ wives (aka First Ladies).Hers is a rags-to-Rolex story. From the moment she ditched her humble roots and married a megachurch pastor fifteen years her senior, shes been labelled too brash by the First Ladies and too holy by her estranged childhood friend, Petra. Schar doesnt have a lot of allies, but that hasnt stopped her from building an empire spanning books to branded products – a comfortable life her mother could only have dreamed of.On the eve of her 40th birthday, Schar gets the validation shes always craved: an invitation to participate in one of the biggest dates in the megachurch world, the First Lady USA pageant.But as the competition nears, a scandal breaks and her carefully curated life threatens to implode…Funny, clever, and splendidly unruly,The True Confessions of First Lady Freemanis perfect for fans of books with buzz and bite!***A Most Anticipated Book of year by PEN America, Lit Hub, BookPage, and Ms. Magazine’A raucous and moving tale of triumph told with biting wit’ #1 on Peoples Must-Read Books’This book is so damn good. Sexy, messy, funny AF…it slaps with a perfectly manicured open hand.’ NIKESHA ELISE WILLIAMS’Fasten your seatbelt…a funny yet sobering literary exploration of aspiration, double-standards, shame, heartbreak and healing’ CHARMAINE WILKERSON’Sexy, shocking and funny as hell. Deesha Philyaw has written a love letter to the women in this world.’ VICTOR LAVALLE’This one is special. Like, forever special.’ KIESE LAYMON’Irresistibly catty, twisty, and packed with secrets.’ MATEO ASKARIPOUR