| International Standard Book Number |
9780063383074
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| International Standard Book Number |
0063383071
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
813/.6
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| Personal Name |
Philyaw, Deesha, authors.
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| Title Statement |
The true confessions of First Lady Freeman : a novel / Deesha Philyaw.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Imprint |
©2026.
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| Imprint |
New York : Mariner Books, [2026]
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| Physical Description |
412 pages ; 24 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
From the moment Scharisse Freeman ditched her humble roots and married a megachurch pastor fifteen years her senior, she's been labeled too brash and too "of the world" by church folks who grudgingly accepted her into their fold, and too holy by her estranged childhood bestie Petra. Schar doesn't have many allies, but that hasn't 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 she's always dreamt of: a coveted invitation to participate in the First Lady USA pageant. This is her chance to be accepted by the other pastors' wives--First Ladies--who are "like Jesus' disciples if they had been a group of mean girls." 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.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Reputation Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Fundamentalists Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Spouses of clergy Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Evangelists Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Fiction/Family Life - Marriage & Divorce.
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Fiction/Literary.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Fiction/Christian - Women.
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Fiction/Satire.
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Fiction/African American & Black - Women.
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Fiction/Southern.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Fiction/Humorous - General.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Novels.
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