Hammer Head
The Making of a Carpenter
19 April 2016
Description
An “inspiring” (Time Out) book full of sweat, swearing, bashed thumbs and a deep sense of finding real meaning in work and life.
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.
Reviews
"...passionate paean to a hands-on life..." — Sunday Express
Awards
Shortlisted — New England Society Book Award, 2016
