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EXCERPT: ‘HAMMER HEAD: THE MAKING OF A CARPENTER’

March 4, 2015 By NINA MACLAUGHLIN

Nina MacLaughlin left her job at an alt weekly to work as a carpenter. This is her story.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Book, Boston, Boston Phoenix, Cambridge, Career Change, Carpenter, Carpentrix, Hammer Head, MIT, Nina MacLaughlin, Smoot, Studs Terkel, Working

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