Goddess Complex
A Novel
Sanjena Sathian
- **A
- New
- York
- Times
- Book
- Review
- Editors'
- Choice
- *
- Named
- a
- Most-Anticipated
- Book
- of
- 2025
- by
- TIME
- and
- The
- Millions“Inventive
- .
- .
- .
- astute
- .
- .
- .
- sharp
- and
- unexpected
- .
- .
- .
- Haunting
- and
- hilarious,
- Goddess
- Complex
- is
- at
- once
- a
- satire,
- a
- Gothic
- tale,
- a
- novel
- of
- ideas,
- a
- character
- study.
- Like
- any
- individual
- life,
- the
- bookbristles
- with
- possibilities.”
- —R.O.
- Kwon,
- The
- New
- York
- Times
- Book
- ReviewFrom
- the
- author
- of
- Gold
- Diggers,
- a
- biting
- examination
- of
- millennial
- adulthood,
- the
- often
- fraught
- conversations
- around
- fertility
- and
- reproduction,
- and
- the
- painful
- quest
- to
- forge
- an
- identity**Sanjana
- Satyanandais
- trying
- to
- recover
- her
- life.
- It’s
- been
- a
- year
- since
- she
- walked
- out
- on
- her
- husband,
- a
- struggling
- actor
- named
- Killian,
- at
- a
- commune
- in
- India,
- after
- a
- disagreement
- about
- whether
- to
- have
- children.
- Now,
- Sanjana
- is
- struggling
- to
- resurrect
- her
- busted
- anthropology
- dissertation
- and
- crashing
- at
- her
- annoyingly
- perfect
- sister’s
- while
- her
- well-adjusted
- peers
- obsess
- over
- marriages,
- mortgages,
- and
- motherhood.
- Sanjana
- needs
- to
- move
- forward—and
- finalize
- her
- divorce,
- ASAP.There’s
- just
- one
- problem:
- Killian
- is
- missing.
- As
- Sanjana
- tries
- to
- track
- him
- down,
- she’s
- bombarded
- with
- unnerving
- calls
- from
- women
- seeking
- her
- advice
- on
- pregnancy
- and
- fertility.
- Soon,
- Sanjana
- comes
- face
- to
- face
- with
- what
- her
- life
- might
- have
- been
- if
- she’d
- chosen
- parenthood.
- And
- the
- road
- not
- taken
- turns
- out
- to
- be
- wilder,
- stranger,
- and
- more
- tempting
- than
- she
- imagined.A
- darkly
- funny,
- vertiginous
- novel
- about
- the
- dilemmas
- of
- procreation,
- pregnancy,
- and
- parenting,
- Goddess
- Complex
- is
- a
- twist-filled
- psychological
- thriller
- and
- a
- feminist
- satire
- of
- our
- age
- of
- GirlBosses
- turned
- self-care
- influencers,
- optimization
- cults,
- internet
- mommy
- gurus,
- egg
- freezing,
- and
- much more.
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