Iona is a young woman from Canada's east coast who, like many others, goes west for work. She trains for a career as a heavy equipment operator and finds a place for herself in the tough work environment of the oilfields. That is, until she becomes pregnant after a casual sexual encounter with a friend. Iona could not raise a child even if she wanted to in the work camp. In these heightened circumstances, she considers carrying the baby to term and adopting the child to a couple (an engineer and a communications executive for the company) who are experiencing infertility. Yet everything in a work camp environment is measured in dollars and cents. What can and can't be given a dollar value, after all? Shared resources? A river? A water table? The future? Boom Baby explores complex questions with heart and humour.
