Since she was eighteen, Dee Moreland Taylor has survived everything alone. She micromanages her small business, her virginity, and her relationships with anyone who might get too close, including her newlywed husband Eric, and especially God.
Now in her mid-40s in rural Kentucky, Dee's life is spiraling without her permission. Drowning in debt, navigating menopause, and trying to hold herself up to scripture's standards as a late-in-life wife, she makes a calculated trade: she'll train Eric for an elite ultramarathon using the one thing she's always controlled: sex. But when injury sidelines their training, her sexual awakening stalls. Dee is alone again, faced with her own desire, and no guide for what comes next.
SUBMIT is a debut novel about a Black woman caught between trauma, purity culture, and menopause - and what it means to surrender to faith.
About the Author :
Natasha Lewin is a writer, filmmaker, and storyteller whose award-winning work spans film, television, audio, and fiction. SUBMIT is her debut novel.
Review :
"With honesty, SUBMIT offers a look into one woman's journey of facing grief shaped by deeper layers of trauma, revealing the quiet loneliness that can emerge when loss remains unspoken." -Stefanie Elkins, End-of-Life Doula & Founder of Death Over Drafts
"This is more than a book. It's a mirror. SUBMIT gives voice to the private prayers of many women carrying deep grief, shame, anxiety, and the quiet pressure to hold it all together. She's the woman wrestling with faith - quoting scripture, praying through resistance, and finding her way back to God. We see the tension of holding both shame and strength at once. This story honors the process of healing by gently calling you back to yourself and to God. Natasha Lewin is a truth-teller!" - Dr. Aerial Ellis, Founder, Black Women Pray
