Go as a River
A Novel
by Shelley Read
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Pub Date Feb 28 2023 | Archive Date Feb 28 2023
Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
* 2024 High Plains Book Award Winner * 2023 Reading the West Book Award Winner * Finalist for Goodreads Choice Award * Colorado Public Radio 2023 Books We Love *
Set amid Colorado’s wild beauty, the heartbreaking coming-of-age story of a resilient young woman whose life is changed forever by one chance encounter. A tragic and uplifting novel of love and loss, family and survival—and hope—for readers of Great Circle, The Four Winds, and Where the Crawdads Sing.
“Beautiful . . . A striking first novel of love and strength and growth, set against the forests and rivers of Colorado’s high country. Read is a gifted writer, and the book is a literary triumph.”—Denver Post
“With gorgeous descriptions of the great outdoors, an illicit love story, and an unforgettable protagonist, Go as a River offers something for everyone.”—Real Simple
Seventeen-year-old Victoria Nash runs the household on her family’s peach farm in the small ranch town of Iola, Colorado—the sole surviving female in a family of troubled men. Wilson Moon is a young drifter with a mysterious past, displaced from his tribal land and determined to live as he chooses.
Victoria encounters Wil by chance on a street corner, a meeting that profoundly alters both of their young lives, igniting as much passion as danger. When tragedy strikes, Victoria leaves the only life she has ever known, fleeing into the surrounding mountains, where she struggles to survive in the wilderness with no clear notion of what her future will bring. As the seasons change, she also charts the changes in herself, finding in the beautiful but harsh landscape the meaning and strength to move forward and rebuild all that she has lost, even as the Gunnison River threatens to submerge her homeland—its ranches, farms, and the beloved peach orchard that has been in her family for generations.
Inspired by true events surrounding the destruction of the town of Iola in the 1960s, Go as a River is a story of deeply held love in the face of hardship and loss, but also of finding courage, resilience, friendship, and, finally, home—where least expected. This stunning debut explores what it means to lead your life as if it were a river—gathering and flowing, finding a way forward even when a river is dammed.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781954118232 |
| PRICE | $28.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 320 |
Featured Reviews
Jeanne T, Bookseller
Thank you to Net Galley for providing an early copy of Go As a River by Shelley Read
Sometimes a story comes along that a reader wants to start sharing even before the last page has been reached. This is certainly the case with Go As a River, the oh-so-deeply imagined and delivered life of a young woman holds the reader from the opening scene to its heartfelt conclusion.
It begins with Torie and Wil, a kind of star-crossed lovers whose lives take on a new and fulfilling meaning when they meet. When tragedy strikes, Torie is left to make sense of things and do what is best for her.
Through great joy and great sorrow, author Shelley Read keeps the reader pushing on through every page alongside Torie that can only end with its riveting conclusion.
There is no doubt that Go As a River will be on everyone's "best" list in 2023.
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