A warm and inspiring book for anyone who has ever dreamed of changing tracks, Hammer Head is the story of a young woman who quit her desk job to become a carpenter.
Filled with the wisdom of writers from Ovid to Mary Oliver and MacLaughlin\'s own memorable accounts of working with wood, unfamiliar tools, and her unforgettable mentor, Hammer Head is a passionate book full of sweat, bashed thumbs, and a deep sense of finding real meaning in work and life..
Writing with infectious curiosity, Nina MacLaughlin--a Classics major who couldn\'t tell a Phillips from a flathead screwdriver--describes the joys and frustrations of Making things by hand.
A warm and inspiring book for anyone who has ever dreamed of changing tracks, Hammer Head is the story of a young woman who quit her desk job to become a carpenter
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