[Audiobook]
By: Anna Maxymiw
Narrated by: Anna Maxymiw
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Dates Listened: February 27-March 3
Length: 8hrs 29 mins
Source: Overdrive App
Why did I read it?
I chose this one because I have also had gruelling, glorious, life-changing summers in the wilderness and thought it would be nice to hear about someone elses gruelling, glorious, life-changing summer in the wilderness.
Dirty Work is a memoir about the summer Maxymiw spent working as a housekeeper at a fishing lodge in Northern Ontario. While in her early 20s she took a job during her masters to stretch herself and grow somewhere she never thought she'd be.
I would like to tell you what happens during her summer at the lodge, but nothing really does happen. She works the bar serving stinky men who had been fishing. She cleans poop out of a shower. She sees a bear. Wow.
When a book title says "life-changing summer" I expect to hear about how the summer changed your life. It was just a bunch of stories about random stuff that happened that didn't seem to actually change her. At the end she just leaves on a boat and that's it, we are just supposed to think that her life changed with no discussion about it.
What scares me the most about this book is that she was studying for her masters in creative writing. The stories were all disjointed and random and it seemed like she just threw in big words to make herself seem impressive. I also usually like when people read their own memoirs, but this is one where someone else could have done it better.
Rating: 1/5
Honestly, it's harsh, but finishing this book was a torture. Yeah, I said it.
Recommendation: Don't read this. I think the only people who could possibly like this are people who actually worked at the Kesagami Wilderness Lodge (and still no promises there).
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