中文简介：

大学毕业后，Kate Beaton前往西部，利用加拿大阿尔伯塔省的石油热寻找工作，这是东海岸加拿大人的悠久传统的一部分，当他们在自己深爱的祖国找不到工作时，就在其他地方寻找有报酬的工作。Beaton的唯一目标是还清她的学生贷款，但这一旅程的实际花费将远远超过她的预期。

到达麦克默里堡后，Beaton在世界知名石油公司拥有和经营的营地找到了工作。作为数千名男子中为数不多的女性之一，这种文化冲击是可想而知的。直到她为了更高的报酬而搬到一个简陋的、与世隔绝的工作场所时，她才意识到这一点。Beaton遇到了油砂区生活的残酷现实，在那里，创伤是每天都在发生的，但却从未被讨论过。对年轻的Beaton来说，她的伤口可能永远不会愈合。

Kate Beaton是加拿大的畅销漫画家，曾创作有《流浪者哈克》等漫画作品。本书可以被看作一本Kate Beaton的图像回忆录。她通过漫画回顾了自己在加拿大阿尔伯塔油田的职业生涯，在那个偏远、尤其是男性职场占据主导地位的地方，她和严酷的性别歧视、孤独相抗衡。她也通过幽默的笔调画出了油井工作人员的日常，从他们的动作中讲述劳工阶层的幸福与悲哀。

英文简介：

Before there was Kate Beaton, New York Times bestselling cartoonist of Hark A Vagrant, there was Katie Beaton of the Cape Breton Beatons, a tight-knit seaside community. After university, Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta's oil rush, part of the long tradition of East Coast Canadians who seek gainful employment elsewhere when they can't find it in the homeland they love so much. With the singular goal of paying off her student loans, what the journey will actually cost Katie will be far more than she anticipates.

Arriving in Fort McMurray, Katie finds work in the lucrative camps owned and operated by the world's largest oil companies. As one of the few women among thousands of men, the culture shock is palpable. It does not hit home until she moves to a spartan, isolated worksite for higher pay. Katie encounters the harsh reality of life in the oil sands where trauma is an everyday occurrence yet never discussed. For young Katie, her wounds may never heal.