About the author:
\nShelley Read&rsquo\;s debut novel\, Go as a River\, is an international bestseller that has sold over a million copies worldwide\ , been translated into thirty-four languages\, and is in development for f ilm with the Mazur Kaplan Company. Winner of the High Plains Book Award fo r Fiction and the Reading the West Book Award for Debut Fiction\, Go a s a River \;is also a Sunday Times \;bestseller\, a Goodreads Choice Award finalist\, an Indie Next Pick\, and a Colorado Publ ic Radio Books We Love selection\, among other national and international accolades. \; \;
\nShelley was an award-winning senior lectu
rer at Western Colorado University for nearly three decades\, where she ta
ught writing\, literature\, environmental studies\, and honors. She is a m
om\, mountaineer\, world traveler\, and fifth-generation Coloradan who liv
es with her family in the Elk Mountains of Colorado&rsquo\;s Western Slope
. \;
In Go as a River\, teenage Victoria Nash is the only woman in a family of troubled men in 194 0s Colorado.
\nWhen she meets Wilson Moon\, a young drifter with a m ysterious past\, on a street corner\, their connection is immediate. And d angerous.
\nBut then tragedy strikes\, and Victoria is forced to lea ve her home and face a decision that will change her life forever.
\nLoved deeply by readers\, this is the epic coming-of-age adventure of Vic toria Nash\, determined to save her family&rsquo\;s generational peach far m from destruction\, as she falls in love\, faces devastating tragedy\, an d finally faces what she must do to survive.
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