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-five territories.
A lush tale of female resilience. Evokes the awe-inspiring beauty
of the Colorado landscape with affection
*SUNDAY TIMES*
Spellbinding novel of finding home where you least expect it
*THE TIMES*
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 key title for 2023. This soaring, compassionate tale of female
resilience is set against the breath-taking beauty of the natural
world - its trees and mountains and light
*INDEPENDENT*
Beautiful, lyrical and vivid ... Shelley Read's beautifully drawn
characters are brought to life against the backdrop of the Colorado
mountains. Full of wisdom and strength ... this is a powerful love
story with an unforgettable heroine at its heart
*SUNDAY EXPRESS*
A beautiful, compassion-filled debut - a hymn to the cycles of the
natural world and testament to the resilience of the human
spirit
*DAILY MAIL*
A compelling tale of love and a heroine fighting back. She had me
racing to bed so I could read another chapter
*PATRICK GALE*
To be so immersed in a setting is a privilege. A mesmerising
coming-of-age story. Simply stunning
*WOMAN & HOME*
A lush, beautiful, strong book. It took me on a transformative life
journey. I could not put it down
*CLOVER STROUD*
Completely spell-binding, vivid and luminous
*JANE GREEN*
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