Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands #[nn]
"Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands" is a raw, deeply personal memoir by Kate Beaton, who recounts her two-year stint working in the Alberta oil sands to pay off student debt. Through her own artwork and storytelling, Beaton captures the isolation, grueling conditions, and pervasive sexism of life in a male-dominated work camp, rendered with her signature wit and poignant detail. The story, illustrated, inked, colored, and lettered entirely by Beaton, is a striking portrait of resilience and self-discovery.
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Trying to pay her student loans, Kate Beaton ultimately spends 2 years working in the Alberta oil sands to make fast money. As one of the few women in the work camps she encounters a toxic work culture and men who seem to think of nothing but alcohol and sex.
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