Shelley Read

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERSet amid Colorado's wild beauty, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story of a resilient young woman whose life is changed forever by one chance encounter. A tragic and uplifting novel of love and loss, family and survival--and hope--for readers of Great Circle, The Four Winds, and Where the Crawdads Sing. "Beautiful . . . A striking first novel of love and strength and growth, set against the forests and rivers of Colorado's high country. Read is a gifted writer, and the book is a literary triumph."--Denver Post"With gorgeous descriptions of the great outdoors, an illicit love story, and an unforgettable protagonist, Go as a River offers something for everyone."--Real SimpleSeventeen-year-old Victoria Nash runs the household on her family's peach farm in the small ranch town of Iola, Colorado--the sole surviving female in a family of troubled men. Wilson Moon is a young drifter with a mysterious past, displaced from his tribal land and determined to live as he chooses. Victoria encounters Wil by chance on a street corner, a meeting that profoundly alters both of their young lives, igniting as much passion as danger. When tragedy strikes, Victoria leaves the only life she has ever known, fleeing into the surrounding mountains, where she struggles to survive in the wilderness with no clear notion of what her future will bring. As the seasons change, she also charts the changes in herself, finding in the beautiful but harsh landscape the meaning and strength to move forward and rebuild all that she has lost, even as the Gunnison River threatens to submerge her homeland--its ranches, farms, and the beloved peach orchard that has been in her family for generations. Inspired by true events surrounding the destruction of the town of Iola in the 1960s, Go as a River is a story of deeply held love in the face of hardship and loss, but also of finding courage, resilience, friendship, and, finally, home--where least expected. This stunning debut explores what it means to lead your life as if it were a river--gathering and flowing, finding a way forward even when a river is dammed.

Viktoriji simnadtsjat, vona vede domashnje gospodarstvo na persikovij fermi malenkogo rancho v Ajoli. Jedina zhinka, scho vizhila v sim'ji cholovikiv, jaki majut problemi z zakonom. Vilson Mun - indianets z tajemnim minulim, spovnenij rishuchosti borotisja za svoju svobodu, popri uperedzhennja svitu. Jikhnja vipadkova zustrich dokorinno zminjuje zhittja, rozpaljujuchi ne lishe pristrast, a j smertelnu nebezpeku. Zhorstoka realnist zmushuje Viktoriju vtikati v navkolishni gori, schob vrjatuvati sebe. Vizhivannja v dikij prirodi bez bud-jakikh dumok pro majbutnje, zdajetsja ot-ot znischit jiji. Ale sered suvorogo i prekrasnogo landshaftu, de zima zminjujetsja vesnoju, a lito peretikaje v osin, Viktorija vidnakhodit sili rukhatisja vpered. Vona navazhujetsja vidbuduvati vse, scho vtratila, popri te, scho richka Gannison zagrozhuje zatopiti svit, jakij vona tak ljubila: rancho, fermi i persikovij sad, jakij nalezhav jiji rodini protjagom bagatokh pokolin... PerekladachMarianna Ilchenko

Traducida a m s de treinta idiomas, Como si fuera un r o se ha convertido en un fen meno internacional que ha cautivado el coraz n de m s de un mill n de lectores en todo el mundo. Ambientada en medio de la belleza agreste del Oeste americano, esta desgarradora pera prima de Shelley Read narra el drama de una joven cuya vida cambia para siempre a causa de un encuentro casual: una novela tr gica y edificante sobre el amor y la p rdida, los prejuicios y la familia, la supervivencia y la esperanza. Iola, Colorado, 1948. Victoria Nash es una joven de diecisiete a os que ayuda a su familia a cultivar melocotones a orillas del r o Gunnison. La vida parece sonre rle cuando conoce por casualidad a Wilson Moon, un joven vagabundo con un pasado misterioso, de piel morena y ojos negros y brillantes, si bien la chispa que se enciende entre ellos acabar desencadenando tanta pasi n como desgracia. Y cuando la tragedia les golpea, Victoria decide abandonar la vida que lleva y huir a las monta as para protegerse a s misma y el secreto que guarda en su interior. Con el paso de las estaciones, Victoria consigue hallar fuerzas para recuperarse y seguir adelante, gracias tambi n a su amistad con mujeres tan fuertes y valientes como ella, aunque muy diferentes. Inspirada en hechos reales, Como si fuera un r o es una historia palpitante de resiliencia femenina frente a las dificultades, las prevenciones y las p rdidas, pero tambi n sobre la capacidad del ser humano para encontrar coraje, camarader a y un hogar en las circunstancias m s adversas. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Finalist for Goodreads Choice Award * Colorado Public Radio 2023 Books We Love * Set amid Colorado's wild beauty, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story of a resilient young woman whose life is changed forever by one chance encounter. A tragic and uplifting novel of love and loss, family and survival--and hope--for readers of Great Circle, The Four Winds, and Where the Crawdads Sing. "Beautiful . . . A striking first novel of love and strength and growth, set against the forests and rivers of Colorado's high country. Read is a gifted writer, and the book is a literary triumph."--Denver Post "With gorgeous descriptions of the great outdoors, an illicit love story, and an unforgettable protagonist, Go as a River offers something for everyone."--Real Simple Seventeen-year-old Victoria Nash runs the household on her family's peach farm in the small ranch town of Iola, Colorado--the sole surviving female in a family of troubled men. Wilson Moon is a young drifter with a mysterious past, displaced from his tribal land and determined to live as he chooses. Victoria encounters Wil by chance on a street corner, a meeting that profoundly alters both of their young lives, unknowingly igniting as much passion as danger. When tragedy strikes, Victoria leaves the only life she has ever known. She flees into the surrounding mountains where she struggles to survive in the wilderness with no clear notion of what her future will bring. As the seasons change, she also charts the changes in herself, finding in the beautiful but harsh landscape the meaning and strength to move forward and rebuild all that she has lost, even as the Gunnison River threatens to submerge her homeland--its ranches, farms, and the beloved peach orchard that has been in her family for generations. Inspired by true events surrounding the destruction of the town of Iola in the 1960s, Go as a River is a story of deeply held love in the face of hardship and loss, but also of finding courage, resilience, friendship, and, finally, home--where least expected. This stunning debut explores what it means to lead your life as if it were a river--gathering and flowing, finding a way forward even when a river is dammed.

Colorado, 1940-tallet. Victoria Nash er bare en tenåring, men har likevel ansvaret for husholdningen på familiegården, der de i generasjoner har dyrket fersken. Den unge dagdriveren Wilson Moon har en mystisk fortid og er blitt fortrengt fra stammeområdet sitt. Han er uønsket av lokalbefolkningen i den lille byen. Da Victoria treffer Wilson, tennes en gnist av lidenskap, men også av fare. De innleder et forhold som for enhver pris må holdes hemmelig. Da Victoria blir gravid, flykter hun alene opp i fjellene. Hun bosetter seg i en liten hytte mens hun kjemper for å overleve i villmarken. Samtidig stiger vannet i elva i dalen og truer med å utslette gården og alt hun kjenner til. Dit elven fører deg er en historie om kjærlighet og tap, men også om å finne et hjem, en familie, å få kraft og mot til å kjempe – og om å finne trøst der man minst venter det.

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 ChemistryWhen 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 family’s 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, I’m 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 reviewSunday Times bestseller, April 2023Richard And Judy Book Club Pick, Spring 2024

Menestysromaani on rakkauskirje luonnolle ja ylistys äidinrakkaudelle. Colorado 1948. Victoria asuu sukunsa persikkatilalla Iolan pikkukaupungissa. Hän on 17-vuotias ja perheensä ainut nainen synkkämielisten miesten joukossa. Eräänä päivänä hän törmää alkuperäiskansaan kuuluvaan Wilsoniin, jolla on salaperäinen menneisyys ja pilkettä silmäkulmassa. Ennakkoluuloiset kyläläiset eivät katso nuorta rakkautta hyvällä. Kun Wilson katoaa, Victorialla joutuu tekemään siihenastisen elämänsä vaikeimman päätöksen. Hän jättää kotinsa ja pakenee vuorille. Minne virta kuljettaa on vavahduttava kuvaus naisten ja alkuperäiskansojen kaltoinkohtelusta. Se on sydämen särkevä rakkaustarina ja vangitseva kertomus nuoren naisen sinnikkyydestä - kaikista niistä suunnista, joita elämä voi ottaa, kun siinä kulkee virran sinnikkyydellä, aina uusia uomia etsien.

Dit floden för dig är en smärtsam och drabbande berättelse i samma anda som Där kräftorna sjunger.1940-tal, Colorado. Den tonåriga Victoria Nash lever och arbetar på en persikofarm som ensam kvinna i en familj fylld av destruktiva män. Av en slump möter hon främlingen Wilson Moon på gatan och de faller handlöst för varandra. Relationen är lika passionerad som förbjuden. När Victoria blir gravid tvingas hon fly upp i bergen och bosätta sig i ett litet skjul. Hon är förkrossad av sorg, men den starka samhörigheten med vildmarken ger henne kraft att försöka återta det hon förlorat. Samtidigt stiger floden i dalen och hotar att utplåna hennes hem och allt hon känner till.

Smuk, tragisk, opløftende: Løb som floden er en hjertegribende coming-of-age roman om kvindelig styrke og ukuelighed med USAs grandiose natur som bagtæppe. 1948, Iola, Colorado: En kølig efterårsmorgen er 17-årige Victoria Nash på vej mod landsbyen med sin vakkelvorne trækvogn fyldt med sæsonens sidste ferskner. Da hun nærmer sig et gadehjørne, stopper en gådefuld ung mand med tilsodet ansigt og ravnsorte øjne hende for at spørge om vej. Hun kunne være drejet til venstre eller krydset vejen. Men det gør hun ikke. ”Løb som floden,” hvisker han. Sådan begynder Shelley Reads opsigtsvækkende debut om en ung kvindes omtumlede tilværelse, fra hun forrådt flygter fra familiens farm op i bjergene og ud i vildmarken, til tragedien indtræffer og hun forsøger at genvinde alt hun har mistet. Løb som floden er en episk fortælling om kærlighed og svigt, moderskab og søsterskab, og i særdeleshed en storslået historisk roman om en enlig kvindes kamp for at forme sin egen vej gennem livet – og finde kærligheden, der hvor man mindst venter det.

Colorado, 1940-tallet. Victoria Nash er bare en tenåring, men har likevel ansvaret for husholdningen på familiegården, der de i generasjoner har dyrket fersken. Den unge dagdriveren Wilson Moon har en mystisk fortid og er blitt fortrengt fra stammeområdet sitt. Han er uønsket av lokalbefolkningen i den lille byen. Da Victoria treffer Wilson, tennes en gnist av lidenskap, men også av fare. De innleder et forhold som for enhver pris må holdes hemmelig. Da Victoria blir gravid, flykter hun alene opp i fjellene. Hun bosetter seg i en liten hytte mens hun kjemper for å overleve i villmarken. Samtidig stiger vannet i elva i dalen og truer med å utslette gården og alt hun kjenner til. Dit elven fører deg er en historie om kjærlighet og tap, men også om å finne et hjem, en familie, å få kraft og mot til å kjempe – og om å finne trøst der man minst venter det.

Dit floden för dig är en smärtsam och drabbande berättelse i samma anda som Där kräftorna sjunger.1940-tal, Colorado. Den tonåriga Victoria Nash lever och arbetar på en persikofarm som ensam kvinna i en familj fylld av destruktiva män. Av en slump möter hon främlingen Wilson Moon på gatan och de faller handlöst för varandra. Relationen är lika passionerad som förbjuden. När Victoria blir gravid tvingas hon fly upp i bergen och bosätta sig i ett litet skjul. Hon är förkrossad av sorg, men den starka samhörigheten med vildmarken ger henne kraft att försöka återta det hon förlorat. Samtidigt stiger floden i dalen och hotar att utplåna hennes hem och allt hon känner till.

Smuk, tragisk, opløftende: Løb som floden er en hjertegribende coming-of-age roman om kvindelig styrke og ukuelighed med USAs grandiose natur som bagtæppe. 1948, Iola, Colorado: En kølig efterårsmorgen er 17-årige Victoria Nash på vej mod landsbyen med sin vakkelvorne trækvogn fyldt med sæsonens sidste ferskner. Da hun nærmer sig et gadehjørne, stopper en gådefuld ung mand med tilsodet ansigt og ravnsorte øjne hende for at spørge om vej. Hun kunne være drejet til venstre eller krydset vejen. Men det gør hun ikke. ”Løb som floden,” hvisker han. Sådan begynder Shelley Reads opsigtsvækkende debut om en ung kvindes omtumlede tilværelse, fra hun forrådt flygter fra familiens farm op i bjergene og ud i vildmarken, til tragedien indtræffer og hun forsøger at genvinde alt hun har mistet. Løb som floden er en episk fortælling om kærlighed og svigt, moderskab og søsterskab, og i særdeleshed en storslået historisk roman om en enlig kvindes kamp for at forme sin egen vej gennem livet – og finde kærligheden, der hvor man mindst venter det.

'Shelley Read's lyrical voice is a force of nature. Tragic, uplifting and completely unforgettable' BONNIE GARMUS, author of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY'A lush, beautiful, strong book. It took me on such a transformative life journey. I could not put it down' CLOVER STROUD____________________I've come to understand how the exceptional lurks beneath the ordinary like the deep and mysterious world beneath the seaOn a cool autumn morning, Torie Nash heads into her village pulling a rickety wagon filled with late-season peaches. As she nears an intersection, a mysterious drifter with grimy thumbs and smudged cheeks and eyes as dark as a raven's wing stops to ask her the way. She could turn left or cross over. But she does not. Her heart skips a beat as he whispers, 'Go as a river.'So begins a mezmerising story that unfolds over a tumultuous lifetime as Torie begins to absorb and follow his words. Soon, she will gather all the pieces of her small and extraordinary life, spin through the eddies of desire, heartbreak and betrayal, and arrive at a single rocky decision that will change her life for ever. Completely spellbinding, vivid, and luminous' JANE GREEN'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 and the miracle of a mother's love. Suffused with wisdom and compassion, this shattering testimony to life must be savored, treasured, shared' MEG WAITE CLAYTON, author of The Postmistress of Paris

Set amid Colorado's wild beauty, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story of a resilient young woman whose life is changed forever by one chance encounter. A tragic and uplifting novel of love and loss, family and survival--and hope--for readers of Great Circle, The Four Winds, and Where the Crawdads Sing "Shelley Read's lyrical voice is a force of nature.... Completely unforgettable." --Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry "A splendid American Gothic tale of a young woman broken by circumstances who must find a way to forgive before she can love."--Adriana Trigiani, author of The Good Left Undone Seventeen-year-old Victoria Nash runs the household on her family's peach farm in the small ranch town of Iola, Colorado--the sole surviving female in a family of troubled men. Wilson Moon is a young drifter with a mysterious past, displaced from his tribal land and determined to live as he chooses. Victoria encounters Wil by chance on a street corner, a meeting that profoundly alters both of their young lives, unknowingly igniting as much passion as danger. When tragedy strikes, Victoria leaves the only life she has ever known. She flees into the surrounding mountains where she struggles to survive in the wilderness with no clear notion of what her future will bring. As the seasons change, she also charts the changes in herself, finding in the beautiful but harsh landscape the meaning and strength to move forward and rebuild all that she has lost, even as the Gunnison River threatens to submerge her homeland--its ranches, farms, and the beloved peach orchard that has been in her family for generations. Inspired by true events surrounding the destruction of the town of Iola in the 1960s, Go as a River is a story of deeply held love in the face of hardship and loss, but also of finding courage, resilience, friendship, and, finally, home--where least expected. This stunning debut explores what it means to lead your life as if it were a river--gathering and flowing, finding a way forward even when a river is dammed.

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ’Mesmerizing’ WOMAN & HOME ’Soaring and compassionate. Set against the breathtaking beauty of the natural world’ INDEPENDENT ’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’___________When a moment changes everything, how do you live the rest of your life? It is 1940s, Colorado. Young Victoria Nash is the sole surviving woman in a family of troubled men, and she runs the household on her family’s peach farm. Wilson Moon is a young drifter with a mysterious past, displaced from his tribal land, who wants to believe one place is just like another. When Victoria and Wil meet on a street corner, their unexpected connection ignites as much passion as danger and as many revelations as secrets. Tragedy strikes and Victoria flees into the beautiful but harsh wilderness of the nearby mountains. Struggling to survive in unforgiving conditions, with no clear notion of what her future will be, she is forced to make a decision that will change the course of her life forever . Go as a River is a sweeping, unforgettable story of finding home, family, resilience - and love - where you least expect it. ________________ ’A lush, beautiful, strong book. It took me on such a transformative life journey. I could not put it down’ CLOVER STROUD ’Completely spellbinding, vivid, and luminous’ JANE GREEN ’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 and the miracle of a mother’s love. Suffused with wisdom and compassion, this shattering testimony to life must be savored, treasured, shared’ MEG WAITE CLAYTON, author of The Postmistress of Paris