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MEET & GREET: Drop by and get some one-on-one time with HILARY PEACH, the author of THICK SKIN: Field Notes From A Sister In The Brotherhood. 1pm Sunday February 19th at the Page's Bookstore THICK SKIN is a deep dive into the secret language and hidden culture of one of the most esoteric heavy construction trades: Boilermaking. Distilled from a vast cache of her journals and notes, THICK SKIN follows Hilary from the West Coat Shipyards and pulp mills of B.C., through the Alberta tar sand and the Ontario rust belt, to the colossal power generating stations of the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S. At times edging up to the surreal, THICK SKIN is a collection of strange stories carefully told, in tenderness and ferocity, for anyone who has spent time in a trade, or is curious about the unseen world of industrial construction.