Watershed by Susan Day
How much do we value clean water? Enough to stop our industrialized way of life from degrading it? The documentary play The Watershed follows an artist and her family in the struggle to chart a sustainable course between economic prosperity and environmental stewardship. Largely constructed from original interviews conducted by the playwright, The Watershed brings to the stage a multiplicity of ideological perspectives and conflicting visions for Canada's natural resources, and its characters speak the words of real Canadians from all across the political spectrum. As the play reaches its boiling point, one thing becomes abundantly clear: a contemporary play about water in Canada must also be about oil. And so the playwright and family travel to Alberta's tar sands, encountering along the way some of the world's great freshwater scientists, some of Canada's fiercest environmental activists, and impassioned individuals at work in the country's burgeoning oil sector. Policy is anything but dry in The Watershed; in fact, it holds startling implications for our national identity and future. Cast of eight women and men.
A beautifully written, compelling read which had me hooked until the final line; Lucie Brownlee, author of 'Life After You'; Like its characters, this book has an unassuming style, which masks great depth, emotion and insightIt's an interesting read for all those who, until the pandemic, thought they 'had the right to safety and plenty and freedom'; Janet Rees, Agglestone Rock Book Group
Day, Susan: - Susan Day has been making up stories since before she could do joined up writing, but it took a while before she became brave enough to let other people read them. She was brought up in Enfield and lived in Colchester, Leicester and Paisley before settling in Sheffield, where she brought up her three children and was an English teacher until she retired. Since then she has not stopped writing.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781999840167 |
| ISBN 10 | 199984016X |
| Title | Watershed |
| Author | Susan Day |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Leaping Boy Publications |
| Year published | 2020-08-17 |
| Number of pages | 258 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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