Victoria and Wil's story in the wild landscape of colourado
Seventeen-year-old Victoria Nash, the sole surviving female in a family full of complicated men, runs the household on the family farm with a peach orchard in the small farming town of Iola, colourado. Wilson Moon is a young drifter with a mysterious past, exiled from his homeland and determined to make his own way. Victoria and Wil meet by chance on a street corner and this encounter changes their lives profoundly, unleashing a cycle of desire and danger. When tragedy strikes, Victoria leaves behind the only life she has ever known. She flees to the nearby mountains, where she tries to survive in the wilderness without a clear idea of what the future holds. As the seasons change, he observes the changes in his own inner self and finds meaning and strength to go on in the beautiful but harsh landscape. To rebuild all that she has lost, even though her home - the farm and the beloved peach orchard that has been in her family for generations - is about to disappear beneath the surface of the Gunnison River. The book Be Like a River, inspired by real events, that accompanied the destruction of Iola in the 1960s, is a story of deep love unwavering in the face of hardship and loss, but it's also about finding courage, unbreakability, of friendship and ultimately of home - there, where we'd least expect it. This stunning debut explores what it means to lead one's life as if it were a river - to gather experience, to flow and find a way forward even when the river's flow is dammed.
