There are times where Shelley Read’s Go as a River reads less like a novel and more of a philosophical teaching. Grounded in Buddhist philosophy, this is a beautiful story of love, nature, family and changing times. A lyrical journey of epoch proportions this book has a doomed love affair, a flooded town, an illegitimate child, a heartbreaking abandonment….and Shelley Read writes it all beautifully. As first time novelist, Read has created a journey that you will enjoy every mile of. For a bookstore this week we talk to Appletree Books in Cleveland OH.
Books mentioned in the podcast:
Go as a River by Shelley Read
The Art of Living by Thich Nhat Hanh
The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh
Peace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh
No Self, No Problem by Anam Thubten
The Magic of Awareness by Anam Thubten
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
An American Childhood by Annie Dillard
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family Time and Place by Terry Tempest Williams
When Women Were Birds: 54 Variations on Voice by Terry Tempest Williams
Homecoming by Kate Morton
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Henry
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Shelley Read Starts Her Second Act | The Book Case podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast
