'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 beautiful compassion-filled
debut' DAILY MAIL 'A compelling tale of love and a heroine fighting back' PATRICK GALE
______________ On a cool autumn day in 1948 Victoria Nash delivers late-season peaches from
her family's farm set amid the wild beauty of Colorado. As she heads into her village a
dishevelled stranger stops to ask her the way. How she chooses to answer will unknowingly alter
the course of both their young lives. So begins the mesmerising story of split-second choices
and courageous acts that propel Victoria away from the only home she has ever known and towards
a reckoning with loss hope and her own untapped strength. 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. GO AS
A RIVER is a heart-wrenching coming-of-age story and a drama of enthralling power. Combining
unforgettable characters and a breathtaking natural setting it is a sweeping story of survival
and becoming of the deepest mysteries of love truth and fate.________________ '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
