Go as a River (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
320
Utgivningsdatum
2024-04-25
Förlag
Penguin (Transworld)
Dimensioner
198 x 128 x 21 mm
Vikt
224 g
ISBN
9781804991800

Go as a River

The powerful Sunday Times bestseller

Häftad,  Engelska, 2024-04-25
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The book that has stolen hearts everywhere, the breath-takingly powerful Sunday Times bestseller and Richard & Judy Book Club pick, perfect for fans of Where the Crawdads Sing and Great Circle. 'A sweeping story of survival and becoming' Women's Prize For Fiction 'Spellbinding' The Times 'Tragic, uplifting and completely unforgettable' Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry When a moment changes everything, how do you live the rest of your life? 1940s Colorado: Teenage Victoria Nash is the only woman in a family of troubled men. When she meets Wilson Moon, a young drifter with a mysterious past, on a street corner, their connection is immediate. And dangerous. But then tragedy strikes, and Victoria is forced to leave her home and face a decision that will change her life forever. Loved deeply by readers, this is the epic coming-of-age adventure of Victoria Nash, determined to save her familys generational peach farm from destruction, as she falls in love, faces devastating tragedy, and finally faces what she must do to survive. Readers are loving Go as a River: 'Beautiful' Daily Mail 'A powerful love story with an unforgettable heroine at its heart' Sunday Express 'A book that will stay with me forever' ***** Reader review 'Oh, how I loved this book. Going to be Christmas presents for all my family' ***** Reader Review 'A book to be treasured.' ***** Reader review 'An incredible read. Emotional heartbreaking, but very 'real' ***** Reader Review 'After reading non-stop all night, Im feeling very emotional, still' ***** Reader Review 'From the moment I started reading, I found it very hard to put down' ***** Reader Review 'A beautiful book' ***** Reader review Sunday Times bestseller, April 2023 Richard And Judy Book Club Pick, Spring 2024
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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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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.