内容简介：
Carter, under its belching, stinking, ominous factories was as obscure as the Sahara in a sandstorm, as unfriendly and forlorn as a new school. 21 year-old Ingrid Lerbrekk left her quite untraditional but safe job as apprentice diesel mechanic in comfortable, fashionable Rock Falls to relocate there and become the only female, independent, Cam Tool salesperson in the USA, during the 70's and 80's. Ingrid's career, loaded with sparkling, delightful, craggy and scabrous characters turned into a run-away roller-coaster ride with no seat belt, spanning ten eventful, educational years. The 'Lifesavers' smoothed out the track, making it bearable to hang on, while the nasty villains set sparks flying, putting everything into a spin, making bumps and hairpin swings along the trek. Turning Ingrid's world inside out, giving her the challenges and obstacles of a lifetime, even the 'Hard Cores' hoop up the journey along the way. Never loosing her nerve, riding out the highest stoops and tightest loops, Ingrid clutched on through the years, earning many selling awards and obtaining the highly sought after 'Top 25' ranking, among Cam Tool distributors in the nation. Surviving against all odds in a totally male dominated world...