TY - BOOK AU - Monroe, Mary, TI - Mrs. Wiggins SN - 9781496732583 AV - PS3563.O528 M77 2021b U1 - 813/.54 PY - 2021/// CY - New York : PB - Dafina KW - African Americans KW - Fiction KW - African American families KW - Secrecy KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Families KW - Domestic fiction KW - Urban fiction KW - fast KW - Historical fiction N1 - Includes a reading group guide N2 - "The daughter of a prostitute mother and an alcoholic father, Maggie Franklin knew her only way out was to marry someone upstanding and church-going. Someone like Hubert Wiggins, the most eligible man in Lexington, Alabama--and the son of its most revered preacher. Proper and prosperous, Hubert is glad to finally have a wife, even one with Maggie's background. For Hubert has a secret he desperately needs to stay hidden. And Maggie's unexpected charm, elegance, and religious devotion makes her the perfect partner in lies..."-- ER -