Goldbach’s story has many threads, and for the most part she weaves them skillfully, pausing only a beat or two too long for lengthy explanations of the history of the steel industry, or the rise of Donald Trump.

... has elements of Tara Westover’s but Goldbach’s background is not as extreme.

Goldbach tells the stories that [steelworkers] had no words for. She does that brilliantly, honouring the life of honest work lived by millions of American manual workers who complain that they are treated with disdain in today’s US.

...[Goldbach's] description of the initial safety videos and the weeks of training vividly catch us at each moment.

Ms. Goldbach’s debut book is an inspiring blend of autobiography, cultural commentary, and spirituality.

To her credit, Goldbach shines little but love on the Cleveland steel industry. She knows it's the economic backbone to many lives, and because of this, it becomes the crux of this memoir as well. You have to zoom out of the story to understand the context Goldbach wants us to explore here. She's using her story to demonstrate some truths about the millennial generation in America.

Goldbach, a writer and steelworker at the ArCellorMittal Cleveland Temper Mill in Cleveland, presents a complex, searing indictment of the present challenges facing employed and unemployed workers in the United States.

Bringing her perspective as an outsider—both as a woman and a liberal—to this insightful account of the steel worker’s lot, Goldbach displays refreshing candor and hard-earned knowledge about the issues that divide us and the work that unites us..

Ohioan Goldbach turns in a gritty memoir of working in a steel mill while wrestling with the world beyond.

A female steelworker confronts extreme heat, psychological turmoil, and Trumpian culture clash in this soulful portrait of industrial life ...Goldbach’s evocative prose paints a Dantean vision of the mill.