MixedThe AtlanticSorkin refers to ‘remarkable parallels’ between the run-up to that crisis and today’s political and economic climate, but he doesn’t elaborate on the notion ... A straight history, written in a journalistic register ... Yet some revealing parallels do emerge from beneath the surface.
MixedThe AtlanticSorkin refers to ‘remarkable parallels’ between the run-up to that crisis and today’s political and economic climate, but he doesn’t elaborate on the notion ... A straight history, written in a journalistic register ... Yet some revealing parallels do emerge from beneath the surface.
PositiveThe New York Times Book ReviewBrings some needed scrutiny to bear ... Notwithstanding some poignant passages, the prose in Rehab doesn’t dazzle; it’s marred by some limp language, strained transitions and a weak epilogue ... Not an especially fresh or practicable prescription ... Walter is at her best when she zeros in on her four subjects and elucidates the specific ways in which the treatment system fails or abuses them. Especially revelatory is her reporting about the major rehab provider Cenikor and one participant’s experience with it ... In a remarkable journalistic feat Rehab manages to delve deeply into the personal lives of the kind of people who are typically leery of speaking to reporters at all, and through their stories, the book shines vital light into dark places
