Watershed
Mark Barr
Set in 1937 in rural Tennessee, with the construction of a monumental dam serving as background—a cinematically biblical effort to harness elemental forces and bring power to the people—Watershed delivers a gripping story of characters whose ambitions and yearnings threaten to overflow the banks of their time and place.
Nathan, an engineer hiding from his past, and Claire, a small-town housewife, struggle to find their footing in the newly electrified, job-hungry, post-Depression South. As 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 violence, prostitution, and dog-fighting are commonplace—thrusts together the federal and local worlds, in an evocative feat of storytelling in the vein of Kent Haruf’s Plainsong and Ron Rash’s Serena.
Duration - 9h 24m.
Author - Mark Barr.
Narrator - Christian Baskous.
Published Date - Wednesday, 21 January 2026.
Copyright - © 2019 Mark Barr ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Set in 1937 in rural Tennessee, with the construction of a monumental dam serving as background—a cinematically biblical effort to harness elemental forces and bring power to the people—Watershed delivers a gripping story of characters whose ambitions and yearnings threaten to overflow the banks of their time and place. Nathan, an engineer hiding from his past, and Claire, a small-town housewife, struggle to find their footing in the newly electrified, job-hungry, post-Depression South. As 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 violence, prostitution, and dog-fighting are commonplace—thrusts together the federal and local worlds, in an evocative feat of storytelling in the vein of Kent Haruf’s Plainsong and Ron Rash’s Serena. Duration - 9h 24m. Author - Mark Barr. Narrator - Christian Baskous. Published Date - Wednesday, 21 January 2026. Copyright - © 2019 Mark Barr ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:01:55
Chapter 1
Duration:00:08:46
Chapter 2
Duration:00:06:34
Chapter 3
Duration:00:19:55
Chapter 4
Duration:00:14:14
Chapter 5
Duration:00:09:54
Chapter 6
Duration:00:18:07
Chapter 7
Duration:00:13:09
Chapter 8
Duration:00:09:12
Chapter 9
Duration:00:09:43
Chapter 10
Duration:00:02:15
Chapter 11
Duration:00:21:18
Chapter 12
Duration:00:06:30
Chapter 13
Duration:00:14:03
Chapter 14
Duration:00:21:05
Chapter 15
Duration:00:14:46
Chapter 16
Duration:00:12:59
Chapter 17
Duration:00:01:47
Chapter 18
Duration:00:16:50
Chapter 19
Duration:00:25:01
Chapter 20
Duration:00:11:29
Chapter 21
Duration:00:18:16
Chapter 22
Duration:00:21:35
Chapter 23
Duration:00:04:18
Chapter 24
Duration:00:11:19
Chapter 25
Duration:00:25:17
Chapter 26
Duration:00:08:37
Chapter 27
Duration:00:17:15
Chapter 28
Duration:00:12:47
Chapter 29
Duration:00:05:48
Chapter 30
Duration:00:10:47
Chapter 31
Duration:00:08:31
Chapter 32
Duration:00:18:34
Chapter 33
Duration:00:15:05
Chapter 34
Duration:00:09:52
Chapter 35
Duration:00:24:56
Chapter 36
Duration:00:02:14
Chapter 37
Duration:00:11:48
Chapter 38
Duration:00:07:42
Chapter 39
Duration:00:10:17
Chapter 40
Duration:00:06:31
Chapter 41
Duration:00:23:09
Chapter 42
Duration:00:06:55
Chapter 43
Duration:00:08:20
Chapter 44
Duration:00:03:19
Epilogue
Duration:00:11:19