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 Synopsis Reviews  Deepa Mehta Devyani Saltzman |
Now in paperback, this highly acclaimed debut is Devyani Saltzman's remarkable story of reconnecting with her mother, award-winning filmmaker Deepa Mehta, in India and Sri Lanka during the production of the Oscar-nominated film Water. Synopsis In Shooting Water, Devyani Saltzman recounts her experience straddling the separate worlds of her divorced parents in Canada and India--navigating between two religions (Hindu and Judaism), two traditions, two cultures, and two people--belonging to both and neither at once. This cross-cultural memoir chronicles her life-changing experiences in India and Sri Lanka, the struggle to produce the controversial Oscar-nominated film, and the emergence of a deeper understanding between mother and daughter. The trade paperback edition features a reading group guide that includes an interview with the author and discussion questions. Author website: www.devyanisaltzman.com Reviews " A poignant memoir. "
"Saltzman's haunting debut is a masterpiece of the memoir form...Her precise, elegant prose continually rises above the typical journey-into-womanhood memoir."
"Saltzman never loses any of the threads she delicately weaves together, creating a lush, evocative memoir that is emotional but never cloying."
"Devyani Saltzman has written a stunning memoir of separation and reconciliation and of the ways that art and life converge."
"A languid and sensuous exploration of the subcontinent through the eyes of an estranged daughter."
"This entrancing first book is...a compelling diary of the politics of filmmaking in India, but perhaps even more compellingly a diary on the politics of love."
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