![]() There isn’t an overarching narrator’s voice that tells the story from beginning to end. “Beaton draws together small scenes from her memory and reconstructed conversations with friends, family and co-workers. Kate Beaton’s Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands. In September, Saltwire columnist Allison Lawlor said the book is a collection of personal moments. “I’m a bit biased on this one,” he admitted.īeaton responded on Twitter: “Well thank you, I am honoured.”ĭucks: Two Years in the Oil Sands is a 448-page graphic memoir of her time starting as a 22-year-old Cape Bretoner who, like so many before her, headed to the oil patch for well-paying work. The first one on the list was, of course, The Light We Carry by his wife, Michelle Obama. president Barack Obama tweeted out a list of 13 of his favourite books of 2022 and Mabou-based author and cartoonist Kate Beaton was on it for her book Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands. ![]()
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