Go as a River

By: Shelley Read

Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell

Brought to you by Penguin.

The powerful Sunday Times bestselling Richard and Judy Pick

A MESMERIZING LISTEN FOR FANS OF WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, GREAT CIRCLE AND THE PAPER PALACE

I've come to understand how the exceptional lurks beneath the ordinary like the deep and mysterious world beneath the sea.

On 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. 'Go as a river,' he whispers.

So begins a mezmerising story that unfolds over a tumultuous lifetime as Torie begins to absorb and follow his words.

Gathering all the pieces of her small and extraordinary life, spinning through the eddies of desire, heartbreak and betrayal, she will arrive at a single rocky decision that will change her life for ever.
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'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 is to be savored, treasured, shared' MEG WAITE CLAYTON, author of The Postmistress of Paris

'Shelley Read's lyrical voice is a force of nature. Tragic, uplifting and completely unforgettable' BONNIE GARMUS, author of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY

©2023 Shelley Read (P)2023 Penguin Audio

The main characters strength.

The authors descriptions of the land and how they blended with the characters. beautiful and clear writing of a story that needed to be told.

Beautiful and sad

I really enjoyed the book is was heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time. Easy to listen to

GO AS A RIVER

A STORY ABOUT LOVE AND LOSS. FACING AND LIVING WITH CHOICES - GOOD AND BAD. ALWAYS MOVING FORWARD LIKE A RIVER.

Lovely story and good narration

I thoroughly enjoyed listening. Narration was good and story flowed nicely. Sad and happy emotions and kept me wondering how it would end. When it did end I found it to be sudden …. I’d have liked it to carry on!

Took a while to get it the book, but then could not stop.

Took a while to get into the book, but then could not stop. Great story.Well told.