Go as a River
By Shelley Read
For fans of WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, GREAT CIRCLE and THE PAPER PALACE: lush, immersive, soaring tale of a young woman’s journey to becoming, of love and loss, home and resilience, and finding those where least expected, and a breathtaking exploration of our connection to nature
‘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, author of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY’
‘A compelling tale of love blighted by bigotry, and a heroine fighting back’ PATRICK GALE
Sometimes you must carve your own path.
On a cool autumn morning, Victoria Nash heads into her village pulling a rickety wagon filled with late-season peaches. As she nears an intersection, a stranger in town stops to ask her the way.
She makes the decision to walk with him. ‘Go as a river,’ he tells her as they part ways.
So begins a mezmerising story of split-second decisions and considered acts that make up one woman’s tumultuous life, as Victoria begins to absorb and follow his words.
Gathering all the pieces of her small and extraordinary existence, spinning through the eddies of desire, heartbreak and betrayal, she will arrive at a single rocky decision that will change her life for ever.
‘A lush, beautiful, strong book. It took me on such a transformative life journey. I could not put it down’ CLOVER STROUD
‘Completely spellbinding, vivid, and luminous’ JANE GREEN
‘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 and the miracle of a mother’s love. Suffused with wisdom and compassion, this shattering testimony to life must be savored, treasured, shared’ MEG WAITE CLAYTON, author of The Postmistress of Paris
About the author:
Shelley Read is a fifth generation Coloradoan who lives with her family in the Elk Mountains of the Western Slope. She was a Senior Lecturer at Western Colorado University for nearly three decades, where she taught writing, literature, environmental studies, and Honors, and was a founder of the Environment & Sustainability major and a support program for first-generation and at-risk students. GO AS A RIVER, her first novel, is inspired by the landscape she comes from and will be published in over twenty-five territories.
ISBN: 9780857529411
Publisher: PRH
Credit: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/go-as-a-river-9780857529411
