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.

About the Author
Nina MacLaughlin lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she works as a carpenter. Formerly an editor at the Boston Phoenix, she has written for the Believer, Bookslut, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and elsewhere.

Reviews
"...passionate paean to a hands-on life..." -- Sunday Express


Awards
Short-listed for New England Society Book Award 2016.



Book Information
ISBN 9780393352320
Author Nina MacLaughlin
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint WW Norton & Co
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 227g
Dimensions(mm) 211mm * 142mm * 18mm