Welcome back to the Fake Ass Book Club!! This week the ladies take a peak into THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES by Deesha Philyaw. The nine short stories in this book 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.With their secret longings, new love, and forbidden affairs, these church ladies are as seductive as they want to be, as vulnerable as they need to be, as unfaithful and unrepentant as they care to be, and as free as they deserve to be. Be a fly on the wall as Moni and Kat disect thier favorite stories and give their insight on black women's sexuallity as it relates to church and other aspects of life. This episode is juciy so sit back and enjoy the ride! Trigger Warning: This episode contain spoliers, adult content & language. Please be advised this show is for open minded adults 18 and up. We are not professionals, or educators...just friends having candid conversations. Enjoy! **Dedication: To our patrons!! Muah!! Moni: my baby momma's Kat: Little Miss Flint @littleflint Show Notes: ** About the Book *:"The nine stories in THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES 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.With their secret longings, new love, and forbidden affairs, these church ladies are as seductive as they want to be, as vulnerable as they need to be, as unfaithful and unrepentant as they care to be, and as free as they deserve to be." https://deeshaphilyaw.com **About the Author:* "Deesha Philyaw’s debut short story collection, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, won the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the 2020/2021 Story Prize, and the 2020 LA Times Book Prize: The Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies focuses on Black women, sex, and the Black church, and is being adapted for television by HBO Max with Tessa Thompson executive producing. Deesha is also a Kimbilio Fiction Fellow and the 2022-2023 John and Renée Grisham Writer-in-Residence at the University of Mississippi." https://deeshaphilyaw.com *Stranger than Fiction: * Author Maggie Tokuda Hall asked to remove instances of racisim from her children's book. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/06/books/scholastic-book-racism-maggie-tokuda-hall.html?campaignid=190&emc=editufn20230511&instanceid=92303&nl=from-the-times&regiid=198492839&segmentid=132677&te=1&user_id=c1fd9e778f0d4756dc801e086794067c F.A.B. Rating: Moni: Kat: *Email us at thefabpodcast@gmail.com with your book suggestions and "Stranger Than Fiction" stories; we would love to share them on the show!! Please reach out and let us know how we are doing!! You can find us online by clicking here 👉🏾 https://linktr.ee/Fabpod Please subscribe to www.patreon.com/thefabpodcast.com to enjoy bonus content, weigh in on upcoming topics, and help us start a monthly live wine down for our F.A.B. FAM! Don't forget to follow, rate, review, and SHARE our podcast! Thank you!