My thoughts
This is such a beautiful book. A story that takes you in and holds your heart in its pages. I've read two books this year that I can honestly say are my favorites. This is one. I bought this because it came so highly recommended. I'm so glad I did.
This is a story of a love that defied all. The love between a young girl and young boy. The love of a new mother. The love of a stranger. It's Violet's story. From start to finish it's all her story. Told from her heart. From her pain. From her love. The love of a beautiful boy. And the love for a child.
This is about Wilson Moon and Violet Nash. The two people who should have had a lifetime together but was not meant to be. Of what happened when she fell in love with the wrong boy. An Indian boy. A beautiful spirit. He had a heart of gold and a love that ran deep. He seemed to be perfect. But of course in that day Indians were considered trash. Unclean. Filled with disease. Just who was this young man? Violet met him and her life was changed forever.
What happened in this story will break your heart. It will help mend it but boy it takes a lot. This book is truly written beautifully. Kind of lyrical in a way. The choices that Violet makes are solid in places and done out of necessity in others. Her love of the land and the peach trees can't be wavered. She's had a somewhat hard life since the death of her mother but she pulled herself up and did what needed to be done. Even at a very young age. She made decisions that both hurt her and helped her. They made her who she was. A strong woman. A strong female. A strong mother. She didn't see herself as strong but she was.
I loved this book. From start to heartfelt ending. It had me using plenty of Kleenex.
A 4.9 star book and I can't stress highly enough how much you should read this one. It's so good.
Synopsis
A sweeping, heart-stopping epic of a young woman's journey to becoming, set against the harsh beauty of mid-century Colorado
On a cool autumn day in 1948, Victoria Nash delivers late-season peaches from her family's farm set amid the wild beauty of Colorado. As she heads into her village, a disheveled stranger stops to ask her the way. How she chooses to answer will unknowingly alter the course of both their young lives.
So begins the mesmerizing story of split-second choices and courageous acts that propel Victoria away from the only home she has ever known and towards a reckoning with loss, hope and her own untapped strength.
Gathering all the pieces of her small and extraordinary existence, spinning through the eddies of desire, heartbreak and betrayal, she will arrive at a single rocky decision that will change her life forever.
Go as a River is a heart-wrenching coming-of-age story and a drama of enthralling power. Combining unforgettable characters and a breathtaking natural setting, it is a sweeping story of survival and becoming, of the deepest mysteries of love, truth and fate.
On a cool autumn day in 1948, Victoria Nash delivers late-season peaches from her family's farm set amid the wild beauty of Colorado. As she heads into her village, a disheveled stranger stops to ask her the way. How she chooses to answer will unknowingly alter the course of both their young lives.
So begins the mesmerizing story of split-second choices and courageous acts that propel Victoria away from the only home she has ever known and towards a reckoning with loss, hope and her own untapped strength.
Gathering all the pieces of her small and extraordinary existence, spinning through the eddies of desire, heartbreak and betrayal, she will arrive at a single rocky decision that will change her life forever.
Go as a River is a heart-wrenching coming-of-age story and a drama of enthralling power. Combining unforgettable characters and a breathtaking natural setting, it is a sweeping story of survival and becoming, of the deepest mysteries of love, truth and fate.
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