Thu, Aug 20
|Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse
Jennifer Givhan, The Sleeping Sisters
A threatened mother and a relentless detective collide when a series of murders awaken something long buried in the New Mexican desert in this mesmerizing novel of literary horror.
Date, Time & Location
Aug 20, 2026, 6:00 PM MDT
Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse, 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
About the Event
Join us in-store or register to watch on Zoom.
Pre-order The Sleeping Sisters (publishes 8/17, $30.00, hardcover) from CWB online here or call the store to order (505) 988-4226.
"With compassion and care, Jennifer Givhan expertly weaves Chicana and Indigenous folklore with real crimes and ignored issues -- an absolute must-read." —Vanessa Lillie, bestselling author of Blood Sisters
A mother’s love is the oldest curse
Fortuna Miércoles has finally moved her family to a better neighborhood across the Rio Grande, desperate to outrun the curse that’s stalked her bloodline since her greatest grandmother crossed the desert with a cactus thorn splitting her throat. But burying a family’s violent legacy—or her own haunting secret—isn’t so easy. Twenty years ago, girls and women vanished into the Albuquerque night, their bones later unearthed on the mesa. The so-called Reaper was never caught. Now, beneath the dormant volcanoes called the Sleeping Sisters, the killings have begun again,…