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A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK
''Sturdy advice, delivered with humour and the occasional splinter'' Guardian
Gorgeous . . . contains fascinating insights about working with your hands, the nature of talent, and how to create a meaningful life' A. J. Jacobs, bestselling author of The Puzzler
Exquisite, purposeful, absorbing . . . a book with much to teach us all' Ayad Akhtar, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of Homeland Elegies
People think I'm a genius because I remember my high school math'
When Mark Ellison left high school, no one thought he would go anywhere. A self-proclaimed serial dropout', Mark spent his young adult years taking work where he found it. Who would have thought that forty years later he would be regarded as a great carpenter, making a living out of building homes for the rich and famous?
Full of warmth, wisdom and irreverent humour, this is the story of what carpentry can teach us about the sa
