'Giving a voice to the people who do the work': Hardship and healing in the Bakken

Michael Patrick F Smith's vivid new memoir depicts life in a shale boom and the price of a 'precious' resource

The Good Hand author Michael Patrick F Smith
The Good Hand author Michael Patrick F SmithPhoto: ZACH PONTZ
USABakken shale
Published 25 February 2021, 07:54Updated 25 February 2021, 14:36