{"product_id":"watershed-mark-barr-9781938235597","title":"Watershed","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmidst construction of a federal dam in rural Tennessee, Nathan, an engineer hiding from his past, meets Claire, a small-town housewife struggling to find her footing in the newly-electrified, job-hungry, post-Depression South.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs Nathan wrestles with the burdens of a secret guilt and tangled love, Claire struggles to balance motherhood and a newfound freedom that awakens ambitions and a sexuality she hadn't known she possessed. The arrival of electricity in the rural community, where prostitution and dog-fighting are commonplace, thrusts together modern and backcountry values. In an evocative feat of storytelling in the vein of Kent Haruf's \u003cem\u003ePlainsong\u003c\/em\u003e, and Ron Rash's \u003cem\u003eSerena\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWatershed\u003c\/em\u003e delivers a gripping story of characters whose ambitions and yearnings threaten to overflow the banks of their time and place. As the townspeople embark on a biblical undertaking to harness elemental forces, Nathan and Claire are left to wonder what their lives will look like when the lights come on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Barr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1938235592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938235597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hub City Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.60w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2019 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2019","brand":"Mark Barr","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43937643987199,"sku":"9781938235597","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_52edfc21-0b3e-47f2-943c-94d585ef2205.jpg?v=1681431248","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/watershed-mark-barr-9781938235597","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}