The Good Hand: A Memoir of Work, Brotherhood and Transformation in an American Boomtown - Couverture souple

Smith, Michael Patrick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0008399441 ISBN 13 : 9780008399443

Editeur : William Collins, 2021

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Michael Patrick F. Smith is a folksinger and playwright currently based in central Kentucky. His plays, including Woody Guthrie Dreams and Ain’t No Sin, have been staged in Baltimore and New York. As a musician, Smith has shared the stage with folk luminaries such as Ramblin’ Jack Elliott. He has also worked as a stage actor, junk hauler, furniture mover, legal assistant, book store clerk, contractor, driver, office temp, stagehand, set fabricator, bartender, and now writer. The Good Hand is his first book.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: William Collins
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0008399441
• ISBN 13: 9780008399443
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible