The Good Hand - A Memoir of Work, Brotherhood and Transformation in an American Boomtown (Paperback)

A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2021 ‘Thrillingly and wrenchingly funny … like Educated and Hillbilly Elegy’ DAVID LIPSKY ‘After reading The Good Hand you may reassess whether you have ever truly done a hard day’s work in your life … This lyrical and engrossing memoir is an extraordinary tale … Undeniably powerful’ SUNDAY TIMES The must-read memoir of 2021. Michael Patrick Smith grew up in a ramshackle farmhouse where his father beat the walls and threw dinner plates. As a restless young man left unmoored by the crashing economy, Smith cut a path to North Dakota to rent a mattress on a flophouse floor. Sleeping boot to beard with the other rough-edged men looking to earn a cent drilling for oil, Smith wanted the work to burn him clean – of his violent upbringing, his demons, his disjointed, doomed relationships. He did not expect, among these quick-fisted, foul-mouthed hands, to find a community. The Good Hand is a memoir of danger and exhaustion, of suffering, loneliness and grit, of masculinity and of learning how to reconcile yourself to yourself.

General

Imprint:	William Collins Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2021
Authors:	Michael Patrick F Smith
Dimensions:	234 x 153 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	464
ISBN-13:	978-0-00-839944-3
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Energy technology & engineering > Fossil fuel technologies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-00-839944-1
Barcode:	9780008399443

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