TRIGGER WARNINGS in this book include, but not limited to: assault, drinking/drug use, language, death, environmental issues. The actual ducks of Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands do not show up until almost the end of the book, but are really only one part of a very large, complex and messy story. The “culture” of the oil camps is the setting for not just the day-to-day life of author/illustrator Kate Beaton, but also the coming-of-age of Kate’s understanding of how “things work” or should […]
There’s oil in those hills….and a lot of sh** too
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton