DISCOVER THE BOOK THAT HAS STOLEN HEARTS EVERYWHERE
THE BREATH-TAKING POWERFUL SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
When a moment changes everything, how do you live the rest of your life?
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'A SWEEPING STORY OF SURVIVAL AND BECOMING' WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
'SPELLBINDING' THE TIMES
'BEAUTIFUL' DAILY MAIL
1940s Colorado: Teenage Victoria Nash is the only woman in a family of troubled men.
When she meets Wilson Moon, a young drifter with a mysterious past, on a street corner, their connection is immediate. And dangerous.
When tragedy strikes, Victoria is forced to leave her home and face a decision that will change her life forever.
Loved deeply by readers, the reader follows the epic adventure of Victoria Nash, determined to save her family’s generational peach farm from destruction, as she falls in love, faces devastating tragedy, and finally faces what she must do to survive.
For fans of Where the Crawdad’s Sing and Great Circle, this is a heartwrenching coming-of-age story.
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Readers are loving Go as a River:
'An incredible read. Emotional heartbreaking, but very 'real' Five stars *****
'Oh, how i loved this book. Going to be Christmas presents for all my family' Five stars *****
'After reading non-stop all night, i'm feeling very emotional, still' Five stars *****
'From the moment i started reading, i found it very hard to put down' Five stars *****
Sunday Times bestseller, April 2023
Richard And Judy Book Club Pick, Spring 2024
Genre: General Fiction
THE BREATH-TAKING POWERFUL SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
When a moment changes everything, how do you live the rest of your life?
___________
'A SWEEPING STORY OF SURVIVAL AND BECOMING' WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
'SPELLBINDING' THE TIMES
'BEAUTIFUL' DAILY MAIL
1940s Colorado: Teenage Victoria Nash is the only woman in a family of troubled men.
When she meets Wilson Moon, a young drifter with a mysterious past, on a street corner, their connection is immediate. And dangerous.
When tragedy strikes, Victoria is forced to leave her home and face a decision that will change her life forever.
Loved deeply by readers, the reader follows the epic adventure of Victoria Nash, determined to save her family’s generational peach farm from destruction, as she falls in love, faces devastating tragedy, and finally faces what she must do to survive.
For fans of Where the Crawdad’s Sing and Great Circle, this is a heartwrenching coming-of-age story.
__________
Readers are loving Go as a River:
'An incredible read. Emotional heartbreaking, but very 'real' Five stars *****
'Oh, how i loved this book. Going to be Christmas presents for all my family' Five stars *****
'After reading non-stop all night, i'm feeling very emotional, still' Five stars *****
'From the moment i started reading, i found it very hard to put down' Five stars *****
Sunday Times bestseller, April 2023
Richard And Judy Book Club Pick, Spring 2024
Genre: General Fiction
Praise for this book
"Shelley Read's devastatingly beautiful debut, Go as a River, delivers so very much: the tenderness and curiosity of young love, the eternal pangs of loss, the brutality of racism, the sustaining power of nature even in the face of man's destruction, and the precarious miracle of a mother's love. Suffused with wisdom and compassion, this shattering testimony to life is one to be savored, treasured, shared." - Meg Waite Clayton
"A compelling tale of love blighted by bigotry, and a dauntless heroine fighting back against insuperable odds. She had me racing to bed so I could read another chapter." - Patrick Gale
"Shelley Read's lyrical voice is a force of nature, and when she lends it to a woman leading a hardscrabble life in rural Colorado, the result is tragic, uplifting - and completely unforgettable." - Bonnie Garmus
"Completely spellbinding, vivid, and luminous." - Jane Green
"Shelley Read has written a splendid American Gothic tale of a young woman broken by circumstances who must find a way to forgive before she can love. Victoria Nash is a character for the ages as she navigates loss and despair on the road to redemption. The vast plains and desert canyons of her Colorado home are filled with ghosts until a mysterious drifter arrives and changes the course of her life forever. Go as a River is a stunning debut set in the soul of the American dream." - Adriana Trigiani
"In Go as a River, Shelley Read delivers a heartbreaking and uplifting tale of a girl becoming a woman in a man's world. Young Victoria Nash is as tough and resilient as the Colorado mountains where she takes refuge, and as tender as the peaches that are her family legacy. Book clubs will love this redemptive story." - Tiffany Quay Tyson
"A compelling tale of love blighted by bigotry, and a dauntless heroine fighting back against insuperable odds. She had me racing to bed so I could read another chapter." - Patrick Gale
"Shelley Read's lyrical voice is a force of nature, and when she lends it to a woman leading a hardscrabble life in rural Colorado, the result is tragic, uplifting - and completely unforgettable." - Bonnie Garmus
"Completely spellbinding, vivid, and luminous." - Jane Green
"Shelley Read has written a splendid American Gothic tale of a young woman broken by circumstances who must find a way to forgive before she can love. Victoria Nash is a character for the ages as she navigates loss and despair on the road to redemption. The vast plains and desert canyons of her Colorado home are filled with ghosts until a mysterious drifter arrives and changes the course of her life forever. Go as a River is a stunning debut set in the soul of the American dream." - Adriana Trigiani
"In Go as a River, Shelley Read delivers a heartbreaking and uplifting tale of a girl becoming a woman in a man's world. Young Victoria Nash is as tough and resilient as the Colorado mountains where she takes refuge, and as tender as the peaches that are her family legacy. Book clubs will love this redemptive story." - Tiffany Quay Tyson
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