At the bottom of Colorado’s largest reservoir lurk the remnants of a town. Iola was inundated to make way for Blue Mesa Reservoir. Author Shelley Read imagines life in Iola before the flood in her remarkable new novel “Go As A River.”
“Go As A River” is the debut novel by Shelley Read, a fifth-generation Coloradan. And what a story this is! Drawing on her family’s history in Colorado, Read crafts a stunning, unique and time period .
Gunnison Valley resident Shelley Read's debut novel is set against the backdrop of Iola, the town that was flooded to make way for Blue Mesa Reservoir.
Gunnison Valley resident Shelley Read's debut novel is set against the backdrop of Iola, the town that was flooded to make way for Blue Mesa Reservoir.