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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