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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.'

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-eight territories.