A young girl, being raised by a sinner single mom in a drought-stricken community where a religious zealot baptises the flock in cheap supermarket soda.
That's how Godshot gets started and it takes off like a rocket after that.
This is a book about what we'll give up in the most desperate times. 14-year old Lacey May lives in poverty with a mom who chooses freedom from her responsibilities, no matter the cost. When she's banished, she leaves Lacey May God-foresaken Peaches, California in the care of her grandmother and at the mercy of a man in shiny robes who promises to save them all.
The cult nearly swallows Lacey May, but the great joy of this novel is watching her figure it all out and choose to live on her own terms.
The men in Peaches have all the power, but are so easily exposed by girls like Lacey May.
Make no mistake, there is joy to be found in this book. But, there's triggering horror as well. Lacey May and the other girls are at the mercy of this God-fearing men who use that fear to exploit and exclude. There is redemption, though, in watching the "broken" women bring them down.
Lacey May is an unforgettable hero. Godshot is a hell of a read.
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