6/22/2023 0 Comments Godshot by Chelsea Bieker![]() ![]() ![]() She sets out to win her mother back, even as her “assignment”-a bewildering act of violence that changes everything-becomes harder to ignore.Ĭhelsea Bieker hails from California’s Central Valley. But when her mother abandons her after being excommunicated, Lacey May is left to wonder whether Vern’s promises come at too high a cost. A drought has devastated the area so badly that residents turn to Pastor Vern, a cult leader who promises to bring the rain back with his mysterious “assignments.” Lacey May embraces the church, seeing how it brought order to her mother’s whirlwind life of boyfriends and drinking. T Kira Madden describes Chelsea Bieker’s debut novel, Godshot, as “a truly epic journey through girlhood, divinity, and the blood that binds and divides us.” Set in the town of Peaches, California, the story follows fourteen-year-old Lacey May and her alcoholic mother. ![]()
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