Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands - Hardcover

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Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands - Hardcover

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands - Hardcover

by Kate Beaton
$39.95
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Book Overview

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.
ISBN9781770462892
Author Kate Beaton
PublisherDrawn & Quarterly
GenreBiography, Comics & graphic novels, and Other
FormatHardcover
PublishedSeptember 2022
LanguageENG- English
Pages436
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands - Hardcover

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands - Hardcover

By Kate Beaton

About Kate Beaton

Kate Beaton is a Canadian cartoonist who appeared in the comics scene in 2007 with her online work Hark! A Vagrant! She has published two books with D+Q: Hark! A Vagrant and Step Aside Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection, which spent five and six months on the New York Times graphic bestseller list respectively, as well as appearing on best of the year lists from Time, The Washington Post, Vulture, E!, and more. She has also published two picture books: King Baby and The Princess and the Pony. Beaton lives in Cape Breton, Canada.

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