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GO AS A RIVER - SHELLEY READ KARTONIERT (TB)

'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

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