Shelley Read, author of GO AS A RIVER- an in-person Boswell event

Boswell Book Company and Books & Company in Oconomoac present a speacial Readings from Oconomowaukee feature with author Shelley Read. Shelley Read will be visiting with her bestselling novel, Go as a River, and will speak at Boswell Book Company at 2pm and Books & Company at 7pm. She will be joined in conversation with Daniel Goldin, proprietor of Boswell Books, and Lisa Baudoin, proprietor of Books & Company. If you would like to attend the 7pm event at Books & Company, click here for more information.

from Boswell. Signed copies are available on most event preorders. If you have a personalization request, enter it in "order comments" at checkout. Please note: signed copies will ship AFTER the event. Remember to select “In Store Pickup” at check out to avoid unnecessary shipping fees on books you intend to pick up at the event.

Inspired by true events surrounding the destruction of the town of Iola in the 1960s, Go as a River is a story of deeply held love in the face of hardship and loss, but also of finding courage, resilience, friendship, and, finally, home--where least expected. This stunning debut explores what it means to lead your life as if it were a river--gathering and flowing, finding a way forward even when a river is dammed.

Shelley Read's debut novel, Go as a River, is an international bestseller and the winner of the High Plains Book Award for Fiction and the Reading the West Book Award for Debut Fiction, as well as a Sunday Times bestseller, and a Goodreads Choice Award finalist, among other accolades. Shelley Read was an award-winning senior lecturer at Western Colorado University for nearly three decades, where she taught writing, literature, environmental studies, and honors.

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