“Despommier has quickly become the central figure in what could be a worldwide revolution.”—Scientific American

"Ehrenreich is at her best (and she’s very, very good) when chronicling the outrageous human downside of our economy, the costs it imposes on people who can’t afford a bacon-infused old-fashioned. There’s the hospital worker whose employer garnished her paycheck for an emergency room visit, 'a condition of debt servitude reminiscent of early-20th-century company towns.' There’s the poor man who got himself arrested in order to live more comfortably in prison, because 'we are reaching the point . . . where the largest public housing program in America will be our penitentiary system' . . . A tight and chilling companion volume to Nickel and Dimed, Ehrenreich’s account of her own experience working undercover in the low-wage economy."—Eve Fairbanks, The New York Times Book Review 

"[An] insightful and well-written narrative . . . Throughout the book, how people make the transition from being medical students to being doctors is explained in revealing detail. Yet the accounts in this narrative transcend the context of medical training and give the reader a heartfelt look at the nature of intimate relationships in transition . . . It is a well-researched work, and even recent graduates of residency are likely to learn something new about the history, politics, and function of the Match or the continuing debate over work hours. Medical students and residents will find many insights that are relevant to their own relationships as they move through their training, and those who have completed training will be reminded of the sacrifices their spouses have made . . . [Readers] will find Eule’s detailed exposition interesting and informative."—S. Ryan Greysen, M.D., M.A., George Washington University, The New England Journal of Medicine