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Beaton Kate
Ducks Two Years In The Oil Sands
Ducks Two Years In The Oil Sands
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Description: A New York Times Notable book! One of Barack Obama's favorite books of 2022! Winner of Canada Reads 2023! An exceptionally beautiful book about loneliness labor and survival. Carmen Maria Machado Before there was Kate Beaton New York Times bestselling cartoonist of Hark! A Vagrant there was Katie Beaton of the Cape Breton Beaton specifically Mabou a tight - knit seaside community where the lobster is as abundant as beaches fiddles and Gaelic folk songs. With the singular goal of paying off her student loans Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta's oil rush part of the long tradition of East Coasters who seek gainful employment elsewhere when they can t find it in the homeland they love so much. Katie encounters the harsh reality of life in the oil sands where trauma is an everyday occurrence yet is never discussed. Beaton's natural cartooning prowess is on full display as she draws colossal machinery and mammoth vehicles set against a sublime Albertan backdrop of wildlife northern lights and boreal forest. Her first full length graphic narrative Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands is an untold story of Canada: a country that prides itself on its egalitarian ethos and natural beauty while simultaneously exploiting both the riches of its land and the humanity of its people.
Title: Ducks Two Years In The Oil Sands
Author(s): Beaton Kate
Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly Publications
Barcode: 9781770462892
Pages: 436 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 9/13/2022
Category: Graphic Novels: Literary & Memoirs
Description: A New York Times Notable book! One of Barack Obama's favorite books of 2022! Winner of Canada Reads 2023! An exceptionally beautiful book about loneliness labor and survival. Carmen Maria Machado Before there was Kate Beaton New York Times bestselling cartoonist of Hark! A Vagrant there was Katie Beaton of the Cape Breton Beaton specifically Mabou a tight - knit seaside community where the lobster is as abundant as beaches fiddles and Gaelic folk songs. With the singular goal of paying off her student loans Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta's oil rush part of the long tradition of East Coasters who seek gainful employment elsewhere when they can t find it in the homeland they love so much. Katie encounters the harsh reality of life in the oil sands where trauma is an everyday occurrence yet is never discussed. Beaton's natural cartooning prowess is on full display as she draws colossal machinery and mammoth vehicles set against a sublime Albertan backdrop of wildlife northern lights and boreal forest. Her first full length graphic narrative Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands is an untold story of Canada: a country that prides itself on its egalitarian ethos and natural beauty while simultaneously exploiting both the riches of its land and the humanity of its people.
Title: Ducks Two Years In The Oil Sands
Author(s): Beaton Kate
Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly Publications
Barcode: 9781770462892
Pages: 436 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 9/13/2022
Category: Graphic Novels: Literary & Memoirs