Abandoned and distraught, Lacey May moves in with her grandmother Cherry, a taxidermy-obsessed widow who also lives in Peaches, and is hopelessly devoted to Pastor Vern. Soon enough, Lacey May's mother is exiled from the community and runs off with the latest in a string of bad boyfriends. To do this, they're given different "assignments," and are warned never to speak of their assignments to anyone else. Out of desperation, the town's residents have turned to Pastor Vern, a charismatic religious zealot who says he can lead them away from sin and into a new world where their faith is rewarded with water. It's where 14-year-old Lacey May lives with her alcoholic mother at the beginning of Godshot, a stunning debut novel by Chelsea Bieker. In Peaches, California, a devastating drought has replaced lush greenery with dry, cracked earth.
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