Watershed : a novel / Doreen Vanderstoop.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781988298597 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 355 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Calgary, Alberta : Freehand Books, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
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Subject: | Droughts > Fiction. Family secrets > Fiction. Alberta > Fiction. |
Genre: | Apocalyptic fiction. |
Available copies
- 9 of 9 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Terrace Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 9 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Terrace Public Library | VAN (Text) | 35151001104629 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Broadview Press
A fast-paced dystopian novel, about family bonds in the face of climate change, set in near-future Alberta after the glaciers have gone.
In Watershed, water is now the most precious resource in Alberta. With the glaciers gone, the provinceâs oil and gas pipelines are being converted to water pipelines. Tensions are high as âwater terroristsâ threaten to violently cut off the water supply. Against this precarious backdrop, Willa desperately tries to keep her familyâs failing goat farm afloat.
But when her son, Daniel, goes to work for the water corporation whose high-priced commodity is putting the farm out of business, Willa is stunned. A string of betrayals fractures the family, potentially beyond repair. Willa feels herself losing everything that she values mostâher farm, her son, her past, even her very grip on reality. Is there any way to put the pieces back together?
Watershed is a fast-paced, page-turner of a novel that cleverly explores the shattering effects of climate change on one ordinary family.
- Univ of Toronto Pr
It is 2058, and the glaciers are gone. A catastrophic drought has hit the prairies. Willa Van Bruggen is desperately trying to keep her family goat farm afloat, hoping against hope that the new water pipeline arrives before the bill collectors do.
Willa's son, Daniel, goes to work for the pipeline corporation instead of returning to help the family business. When Daniel reveals long-concealed secrets about his grandfather's death, Willa's world truly shatters. She's losing everything she values most: her farm, her son, her understanding of the past -- and even her grip on reality itself. Vividly illustrating the human cost of climate change, Watershed is a page-turner of a novel about forgiveness, adaptation, and family bonds.
- Univ of Toronto Pr
It is 2058, and the glaciers are gone. A catastrophic drought has hit the prairies. Willa Van Bruggen is desperately trying to keep her family goat farm afloat, hoping against hope that the new water pipeline arrives before the bill collectors do.