Glass Girls by Danie Shokoohi instant download

Glass Girls by Danie Shokoohi instant download

A former child medium is forced to face her deadly past & the ghosts she left behind in this electrifying debut.

Alice Haserot thought she’d escaped the curse. For 16 years, she’s lived far from her family & the ghosts she used to conjure. But her past isn’t so easily left behind.

When Alice discovers she’s pregnant & her estranged sister, Bronwyn, turns up on her doorstep, her carefully built new life begins to unravel. Bronwyn offers an ultimatum: one of her daughters is trying to possess the other, & only Alice has the power to save them. If Alice refuses, Bronwyn will go to their abusive mother & expose her location.

Forced to confront the terrors of her childhood, Alice returns home…

A letter from the editor of Glass Girls, Erin Wicks:

“Any time you give me witches, ghosts, complicated family drama, & a matrilineal curse, count me in. But use them as a way to explore the impact of intergenerational trauma & as a metaphor for mental health—delivered with the taut plotting of a thriller no less—and I’m dropping everything. This is what Danie Shokoohi has accomplished in her tour de force debut Glass Girls.

Ultimately, this is a novel about sister witches who have had to separately navigate their childhood trauma & come back together to write the final chapter of their story on their own terms. Taking on fraught subjects like abortion rights, mental health, & abuse, Danie weaves a captivating spell, making Glass Girls the read about healing we don’t just want, but need.

The use of ghosts & the occult to examine trauma is ground well-trodden in literature, of course, yet Danie’s fresh voice & perspective reminds me why this is a space that always has room for greater excavation.

As Gillian Flynn puts it, “Danie’s earnest, spellbinding, & emotionally rich debut breathes new life into the classic ghost story.” I’m excited for the journey on which you’re about to embark—may it be as magical for you as it has been for me.”