In her striking debut, The Gods of Women and Their Mothers, Brooke Turner unveils a vivid mosaic of women caught between devotion and desire, control and surrender. From a grandmother's fixation on John Wayne to a young wife's dependence on psychics, these stories reveal the quiet compulsions and spiritual hungers that shape the female experience.

With precision and empathy, Turner explores how faith, fantasy, and identity intertwine—and what happens when we fashion God in our own image. The Gods of Women and Their Mothers confronts the ache of disillusionment while clinging, however tenuously, to hope.

Shortlisted for the Dzanc Books Short Story Collection Prize (2023) and featuring Boom Box, a Top 3 Finalist for the Orison Books Best Spiritual Literature Awards (2023), this collection marks the arrival of a bold and discerning new voice in contemporary fiction.

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