It's hard to imagine that Go as a River is a debut novel for Shelley Read! I can't even imagine what the next one will be like as I can only believe that she will get even better!
The author’s descriptive writing made it very easy to see myself there. I could easily see the vivid Colorado landscape.
This is as a coming of age story for Victoria even though it spans over 20 years of her life. When Victoria meets Wilson Moon, who is passing through town, life for both people changes immensely!
The reader only gets to know a little about Wilson but what we do experience is the enormous racial prejudice that is directed toward him.
The story continues to focus on Victoria from that meeting and how her life changes from that experience. I will not say anything else about this so as to not include spoilers but be prepared to be sad and annoyed, as well as a myriad of other emotions!

(An interesting part about this story is that I learned some is actual fact. There was a dam built near the three towns and they were flooded due to this. In real life people were forced to move to find new homes so this dam could be used.)