THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK
OVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE
This breathtaking story of love, loss and survival has captured the hearts of readers around the world. Perfect for readers of Where the Crawdads Sing, The Berry Pickers and The Frozen River.
'Tragic, uplifting and completely unforgettable.' Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry
'A sweeping story of survival and becoming.' Women's Prize for Fiction
'Spellbinding.' The Times
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AN EMOTIONAL TALE OF FIRST LOVE, COURAGE AND THE HEALING POWER OF NATURE
Colorado, 1948. Victoria Nash is the only woman in a family of troubled men, tending her family's peach farm in a landscape of astonishing beauty and hardship.
When she meets a mysterious young drifter, their connection is immediate. Their love is undeniable. But when tragedy tears them apart, Victoria is forced to leave everything she has ever known. Her extraordinary journey will ultimately lead her to a Colorado town destined to disappear beneath the waters of a vast reservoir.
Inspired by a true story, Go as a River is an unforgettable coming-of-age novel about first love, family, the healing power of nature, resilience and the courage to begin again.
Readers love Go as a River:
*****'A book that will stay with me forever.'
*****'Oh, how I loved this book. I'll be giving it to all my family.'
*****'A book to be treasured.'
***** 'An incredible read. Emotional, heartbreaking and completely real.'
***** 'From the moment I started reading, I found it impossible to put down.'
***** 'A beautiful book.'
Genre: General Fiction
OVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE
This breathtaking story of love, loss and survival has captured the hearts of readers around the world. Perfect for readers of Where the Crawdads Sing, The Berry Pickers and The Frozen River.
'Tragic, uplifting and completely unforgettable.' Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry
'A sweeping story of survival and becoming.' Women's Prize for Fiction
'Spellbinding.' The Times
________
AN EMOTIONAL TALE OF FIRST LOVE, COURAGE AND THE HEALING POWER OF NATURE
Colorado, 1948. Victoria Nash is the only woman in a family of troubled men, tending her family's peach farm in a landscape of astonishing beauty and hardship.
When she meets a mysterious young drifter, their connection is immediate. Their love is undeniable. But when tragedy tears them apart, Victoria is forced to leave everything she has ever known. Her extraordinary journey will ultimately lead her to a Colorado town destined to disappear beneath the waters of a vast reservoir.
Inspired by a true story, Go as a River is an unforgettable coming-of-age novel about first love, family, the healing power of nature, resilience and the courage to begin again.
Readers love Go as a River:
*****'A book that will stay with me forever.'
*****'Oh, how I loved this book. I'll be giving it to all my family.'
*****'A book to be treasured.'
***** 'An incredible read. Emotional, heartbreaking and completely real.'
***** 'From the moment I started reading, I found it impossible to put down.'
***** 'A beautiful book.'
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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