Hammer Head :The Making of a Carpenter
Hammer Head :The Making of a Carpenter
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Published:
21 February, 2016
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While working at a Boston newspaper, Nina MacLaughlin applied for a job as a carpenter’s assistant. In Hammer Head she tells the story of becoming a carpenter—the joys and frustrations of making things by hand; the challenges she faced as a woman in an occupation that is 99 per cent male—and how manual labour changed the way she sees the world.
Prizes
Short-listed for New England Society Book Award 2016
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780393352320 |
| ISBN10 | 0393352323 |
| Number Of Pages | 240 |
| Item Weight | 302 g |
| Product Dimensions | 142 x 211 x 18 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | WW Norton & Co |
| Format | paperback |
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Media Reviews
"...passionate paean to a hands-on life..." -- Sunday Express
Author's Bio
Nina MacLaughlin lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she works as a carpenter. Formerly an editor at the Boston Phoenix, she has written for the Believer, Bookslut, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and elsewhere.