MixedThe Washington PostHochschild merges empathy with acumen, but the new book does not read like a breakthrough, the way its predecessor did ... The literature on politics, emotion and the White working class has deepened since 2016, to the point where Hochschild herself now struggles to say something truly new.
Sarah Jaffe
RaveThe New Republic... illuminating and inspiring ... ultimately an optimistic book. Jaffe is clear-eyed about all the ways employers exploit workers’ goodwill, but because she has spent so much time reporting on labor actions across the world, she has also seen how workers use love to their advantage in organizing ... I wondered how men have responded to the love ethos in their work and activism.
