[PREORDER] The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman: A Novel

[PREORDER] The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman: A NovelRelease Date: September 29, 2026 A Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by Lit Hub and BookPage The wife of a popular and powerful megachurch pastor upends her charmed rags to Rolex life when her secretive past comes roaring into the spotlightin this much anticipated debut novel from Deesha Philyaw, author of the award winning hit short story collection The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. From the moment Scharisse Freeman ditched her humble roots and married

Though she does not want to live

Through skill­fully braided perspectives

The smell of pan dulce

churches and hotel rooms—vagabonds are seized and challenged by spirits who command the city's dark energy

EAN: 9781368077736

and identity that he set out in his earlier work--illuminating the intrinsic importance of keeping intact and honoring these native languages throughout time

Their stories feel particularly urgent in the current political moment

In this defiant and urgent collection

when it's safe

all leading to the Founders Society's doorstep

and each of them taught Kiera something about what it means to be Latinx through their food

and depth of African American cuisine