THE GODMA'S DAUGHTERS: A Love Story, A Time Travel, A Vision Quest

An epic tale of border crossings, borders on the map, borders of the mind. By turns visionary, dangerous, enchanting. With unforgettable characters to love, including a charming burro named Pants-on-Fire, two grandmothers with shamanic powers, and two pairs of young lovers whose stories reach deep into the Maya past.

From the tiny border town of Trescabras, Texas to the dazzling city of Yax Tok in the ancient Maya Yucatan, the story travels under the eye of the Godma and the two rebel shamans who serve her.

“A profound novel…This lyrical masterpiece in the form of literary fiction is a story of borders and bullies; of simple magnificence, as well as malevolent manipulation spanning lifetimes. It is also the story of laughingly falling in love again and again with Life, with a boy, and with a burro.”
C.S. Holmes for IndieReader

“…masterful storytelling, with characters to love and hate. With breathtaking imagery, the tale zooms in for a revealing character close-up or goes wide-angle for a panoramic dive into a Maya technicolor spectacle.”
B.J. Austin, NPR radio journalist

“A superb conjuring act! With The Godma’s Daughters, Isabella Ides, author of White Monkey Chronicles is up to divine monkey business again, this time with Spider Monkey, spirit companion to Mocheela, our guide through a labyrinthian tale that time travels from a Texas border town to the dangerous mystery rites of the ancient Maya.”
Elizabeth Cunningham, The Maeve Chronicles