#121: The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman by Deeshaw Philyaw

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Black Girls Read Book Club discusses Deeshaw Philyaw’s The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman at Chicago Bee Branch Library.

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Our November book club pick is The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman by Deeshaw Philyaw! Support Black Girls Read Chicago by purchasing *The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman* from Bookshop or LibroFM (affiliate links). About the book: 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.

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