PositiveThe Women\'s Review of BooksMost of the stories deal with heterosexuality, but Jael,Snowfall, and, Eula approach same-sex relationships with nuance and without judgment ... Philyaw’s portrayal of Southern conservatism may be unoriginal, but her ode to black female Southern culture sings from the page ... What happens when Black women give the church their everything? What happens to those of us who don’t, who find more secular ways to cope with life, who find God without losing ourselves? What secrets are we not sharing with each other and with ourselves that could move us a little closer to freedom? It is these questions Philyaw coaxes us to ask, and this little book on a Sunday afternoon is possibly the most comfortable way in the world to get the conversation started.
