Shop Tails, Nancy R. Hiller (book)

In this singular collection of essays, Nancy R. Hiller relates the ways in which animals, some companions, others wild or raised on farms, have provided warmth and comfort, prompted laughter and offered examples of courage or composure in the face of distressing events.

Shop Tails is a loving tribute to the animals whose lives have been intertwined with Hiller's own and taught her lessons about relationships, loyalty, illness, joy, death and (also important) pudding. It is also an unflinching look back at old wounds that have shaped her, and at her efforts to prove her worth to others and herself, in the workshop and beyond. In doing so, she discovers the empowerment that can come from honoring the life you've made in response to the hand you've been dealt. Her 21 essays will make you laugh, make you angry, inspire you to create something beautiful and break your heart, and they will stay with you.

"The richly penned, fantastic memoir of a plucky and clever woodworker, kitchen designer and writer." Nick Offerman, woodworker and actor.

Facts:
368 pages
6" × 9"
Hardcover with cloth boards and dust jacket
Acid-free paper, sewn and taped signatures
Printed in the USA by Lost Art Press