Go As a River, a novel by Shelly Read

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“Shelley Read has written a splendid American Gothic tale of a young woman broken by circumstances who must find a way to forgive before she can love. Victoria Nash is a character for the ages, as she navigates loss and despair on the road to redemption. Go as a River is a stunning debut set in the soul of the American dream.”

ADRIANA TRIGIANI, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Left Undone

“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, New York Times bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry

“Shelley Read’s devastatingly beautiful debut, 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 even in the face of man’s destruction, and the precious miracle of a mother’s love. Suffused with wisdom and compassion, this shattering testimony to life is one to be saved, treasured, shared.”

MEG WAITE CLAYTON, New York Times bestselling author of The Postmistress of Paris

“Completely spellbinding, vivid, and luminous.”

JANE GREEN, New York Times bestselling author of Sister Stardust

“In Go as a River, Shelley Read delivers a heartbreaking and uplifting tale of a girl becoming a woman in a man’s world. Book clubs will love this redemptive story.”

TIFFANY QUAY TYSON, author of The Past Is Never