You and Ruby became best friends, and she introduced you to a community of other amazing women who happily accepted you into the fold and encouraged you, helping you to build your confidence and discover yourself without external influences and forced acquiescence. Your distrust and hatred of men had worsened after your divorce, especially since your ex-husband had spread rumours that he was the one who divorced you for being an immoral, serial cheat. You were thirty-five when love came …
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You were seven the first time a man was inappropriate with you. You were too young to understand that a teenage boy telling you to lift your skirts to show him your vagina was wrong. You …
The next morning, Rosie woke up next to her husband in the guest room to find him watching her pensively. She groaned in frustration, the morning-after glow evaporating when she saw that he obviously regretted the …
The week after the Prayer Circle was formed, the three women — Mary, Nana Adjoa, and Rosie — were on cloud nine. They had found a new purpose that excited them and also gave them something …
As I approached the backyard, I was assailed by a bout of rebellion. I was a grown-ass woman for goodness sake. I was a woman of twenty-six years who had a right to a sexual life. …
“Mom, I’m sorry! It was a mis- “ “Don’t listen to your mother, Dee. She’s just jealous,” Dad’s voice came over the phone. I took the phone off my ear to stare at it in confusion. …
“What the fuck, Dee? It is not even 7 am. Why would you wake me up? You know I was up late writing,” my best friend Gina cried in sleepy irritation after she picked up my …
At the ensuing shocked silence that followed her declaration, Rosie hastened to add, “Usually, for any normal hot-blooded male, this wouldn’t even be a problem. My previous boyfriends loved my mouth on their penises, which wasn’t …
Wine, Sisterhood & Shared Frustration Pastor Fiifi looked at his wife and the other two women in surprise. “Mary! What is the meaning of this?” “It is not their fault. For what it’s worth, they tried …
Four married, small-town women with very religious husbands bond over their mutual shared sexual frustration and meet under the guise of prayer meetings to discuss ways to derive sexual satisfaction from their conservative husbands. Chapter 1 …
Your phone says it is 4am. You smell something sweet in your dream. Rolling over half asleep, you dream speak to your partner. ‘That’s bread’. Yes, it is a bakery. The singular notes of vanilla, nutmeg, …