“Go As A River: A Novel” by Shelley Read

Sometimes the elements of a book are simple –graceful, descriptive phrasing that tells a good story with characters you care about, and this book has just that, as it tells the tale of Victoria Nash, a young girl living with her father and brother on a peach farm near the small town of Iola, Colorado from the1940s to the 1970s. As Victoria comes of age, she becomes involved with a Native American boy passing through town, an encounter that gives her a chance to experience love, but also brings her face to face with injustice, prejudice, and hate crimes, and leaves her with decisions that will radically change the entire course her life. 4 Stars