*WINNER OF THE EISNER AWARDS FOR BEST MEMOIR AND BEST WRITER/ARTIST*
''A vast and complex tapestry that captures the humanity of people... it shimmers with grace''
ALISON BECHDEL, author of FUN HOME
Before there was Kate Beaton, New York Times bestselling cartoonist of Hark A Vagrant, there was Katie Beaton of the Cape Breton Beatons, a tight-knit seaside community. After university, Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta''s oil rush, part of the long tradition of East Coast Canadians who seek gainful employment elsewhere when they can''t find it in the homeland they love so much. With the singular goal of paying off her student loans, what the journey will actually cost Katie will be far more than she anticipates.
Arriving in Fort McMurray, Katie finds work in the lucrative camps owned and operated by the world''s largest oil companies. As one of the few women among thousands of men, the culture shock is palpable. It does not
