{"product_id":"9781529935912","title":"The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDecadent. Daring. Delicious. From the multi-prize winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Lives of Church Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e, the dazzlingly funny novel about one woman's (sometimes misguided) search for acceptance. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The novel everyone is going to be talking about' \u003c\/b\u003eJASMINE GUILLORY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Funny and juicy and sexy' \u003c\/b\u003eSAMANTHA IRBY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Pure audacious joy!' \u003c\/b\u003eBONNIE GARMUS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Deesha Philyaw is a master of detail, desire and delicious humour'\u003c\/b\u003e CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Witty, raunchy, funny as hell' \u003c\/b\u003eTIA WILLIAMS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This novel is so alive!' \u003c\/b\u003eRAVEN LEILANI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I laughed, I cried, I got turned on! A heroine you can't help but root for.' \u003c\/b\u003eRUFI THORPE\u003cbr\u003e___\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet Scharisse Freeman, the Beyoncé of the megachurch world: bold, unapologetic, ambitious, very much her own woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the same reasons, she has always been a pariah among the other preachers' wives (aka First Ladies).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHers is a rags-to-Rolex story. From the moment she ditched her humble roots and married a megachurch pastor fifteen years her senior, she's been labelled too brash by the First Ladies and too holy by her estranged childhood friend, Petra. Schar doesn't have a lot of allies, but that hasn't stopped her from building an empire spanning from books to branded products - a comfortable life her mother could only have dreamed of.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the eve of her 40th birthday, Schar gets the validation she's always craved: an invitation to participate in one of the biggest dates in the megachurch world, the First Lady USA pageant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as the competition nears, a scandal breaks and her carefully curated life threatens to implode...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you enjoy zeitgeisty, voice-driven novels like Yesteryear, Yellowface, or Fundamentally then pull up a pew and meet First Lady Freeman -  the perfect novel for fans of books with buzz!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Most Anticipated Book of year by PEN America, Lit Hub, BookPage, and Ms. Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This book is so damn good. Sexy, messy, funny AF...it slaps with a perfectly manicured open hand.' NIKESHA ELISE WILLIAMS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fasten your seatbelt...a funny yet sobering literary exploration of aspiration, double-standards, shame, heartbreak and healing' CHARMAINE WILKERSON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sexy, shocking and funny as hell.… Deesha Philyaw has written a love letter to the women in this world.' VICTOR LAVALLE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This one is special. Like, forever special.' KIESE LAYMON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Irresistibly catty, twisty, and packed with secrets.' MATEO ASKARIPOUR\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Philyaw, Deesha","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56898013561218,"sku":"9781529935912","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0936\/6575\/5522\/files\/9781529935912.jpg?v=1788875827","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781529935912","provider":"Archway Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}