WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2024: 7pm
Go As a River by Shelly Read is the novel we discussed. It was an invigorating time, as always, with lots of opinions!
Set amid the beauty and wilderness of the Colorado mountains, an unforgettable and deeply moving story of a young woman who follows her heart. Seventeen-year-old Victoria Nash runs the household on her family’s peach farm in the small ranch town of Iola, Coloradoāthe sole surviving female in a family of troubled men. Wilson Moon is a young drifter with a mysterious past, displaced from his tribal land but determined to live as he chooses. Victoria’s chance encounter with Wil on a street corner 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 nearby mountains. Inspired by true events surrounding the destruction of the town of Iola in the 1960s,Ā Go as a RiverĀ is a story of deeply held love in the midst of hardship and loss, but also of finding courage, resilience, friendship, and finally, homeāwhere least expected.
In May we will read Hello Beautiful (Oprah’s Book Club): A Novel by Ann Napolitano