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Hank Thompson
This was a pleasure and an education. Weeks after finishing, Sarah's well-chosen, well-enunciated words still ring about in my head. Not only did I learn but I felt. From her own experience to those of various people caught up in our "modern" world of labor, she illuminates the systems of manipulation undergirding contemporary work culture and weaves them back through history in way that is fascinating, inspiring, heart-breaking and enraging. With Sarah's help, I now grasp how the threads connect. The clarity with which she writes is a gift not only to those whose stories she tells and to the plights she highlights but to her readers too. Well, listener in my case. After hearing Sarah on podcasts/shows and reading her pieces, I knew going in that I was in the hands of a professional communicator but after devouring the episodes over several days — in audio form, it's like a podcast series; each chapter about an hour — I realized she is also a teacher, a lover, a fighter, a comrade, a friend and someone I'm grateful is doing the work she's doing, as stressful as it must be at times. By the time it ended, I only wished for more, and I am eager to read (listen to?) her other book, Necessary Trouble, and to support the vital work she does. I have and will continue to sing her praise. She deserves so much more. It also sounds like Sarah could use a nice long break to rest and muster up. The struggle is far from over.