PREORDER | The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman: A Novel by Deesha Philyaw | OUT September 29, 2026 Lucía Serrano She loved putting on shows

She loved putting on shows for the people having their hair cut in her mom's salon

buoyed by not only the rich works of literature by marginalized authors he’s now reading

Will he have to choose between his head and his heart

From the time she was young

PREORDER | The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman: A Novel by Deesha Philyaw | OUT September 29, 2026 Lucía Serrano She loved putting on showsBook will ship on or after September 29, 2026 A Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by PEN America, Lit Hub, BookPage, and Ms. Magazine The wife of a popular and powerful megachurch pastor upends her charmed rags to Rolex life when her secret past comes roaring into the spotlightin this "funny and juicy and sexy and delicious peek behind the pulpit" (Samantha Irby) from the acclaimed and beloved author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. From the moment