great? \_(?)_/ They know they're paying their dues and the challenges they meet (Shirin's boss just assumes she knows Cantonese, Nina cannot get promoted by sheer force of will, and Silvia has to deal with daily microaggressions) are just part of "a career in books." When they meet their elderly neighbor, Veronica Vo, and discover she's a Booker Prize winner dubbed the "Tampax Tolstoy" by the press, each woman finds a thread of inspiration from Veronica's life to carry on her own path. G from an immigrant family, and whose group chat is their lifeline.Shirin, Nina, and Silvia have just gotten their first jobs in publishing, at a University Press, a traditional publisher, and a trust-fund kid's "indie" publisher, respectively. It's for those who wanted a literary career even in the face of systemic racism, who dealt with the unique challenges of comin It's for those who were taken aback by that first paycheck. 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.Show moreĪ Career in Books is a graphic novel for everyone who's wanted to "work with books" and had NO idea what it entailed. For young Katie, her wounds may never heal.īeaton'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 Rocky Mountains. Katie encounters the harsh reality of life in the oil sands where trauma is an everyday occurrence yet never discussed. It does not hit home until she moves to a spartan, isolated worksite for higher pay. As one of the few women among thousands of men, the culture shock is palpable. With the singular goal of paying off her student loans, what the journey will actually cost Katie will be far more than she anticipates.Īrriving in Fort McMurray, Katie finds work in the lucrative camps owned and operated by the world's largest oil companies. Seek gainful employment elsewhere when they can't find it in the homeland they love so much. After university, Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta's oil rush, part of the long tradition of East Coast Canadians who 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.
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