Natural-born storyteller Rick Ranson grew up in military bases across Canada. Today he spends his time living between Winnipeg and Key West, Florida. Ranson has worked variously as a longshoreman, drill ships welder, boilermaker, farm equipment salesman, editor for McGraw Hill, and forklift operator. Bittersweet Sands is his third book.
Praise for Bittersweet Sands
"Beyond simply finding a throughline through a collection of
anecdotes, Bittersweet Sands succeeds in offering a compelling
portrait of that unusual community, one that rarely factors into
discussions of the oilsands: hard men drawn together by work,
getting rich, but isolated from family and friends and left without
much else aside from each other to help pass the time."
Paul Blinov, Vue Weekly
"Bittersweet Sands is a quick and easy read. I felt that I had a
better understanding of the flavour and feel of life in Fort
McMurray after I read it. If you have relatives that work in the
patch, you might want to pick this one up."
Alexis Kienlen, Daily Herald-Tribune
"The book is certainly not a full picture of life in and around
Fort McMurray, but that cannot be expected from a 24-day snapshot
taken by an out-of-town worker. Instead, it is an entertaining
collection of stories told from a familiar setting."
Jessica McIntosh, Fort McMurray Today
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