Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award for Nonfiction.

“A masterpiece.” 

― Harry Moody, former Vice President for Academic Affairs, AARP

“This powerful book should be read by anyone who cares about public health, dignified aging, and government accountability.”

 ― Katherine S. Newman, author of Downhill From Here: Retirement Insecurity in the Age of Inequality

“A remarkable and vivid description of one of the worst chapters in the history of nursing homes—orchestrated by corporate greed and profiteering. It is a wake-up call for the need for total reform or elimination of the institutions where older people are sent to die without dignity or care.”

 ― Charlene Harrington, University of California, San Francisco

“[An] essential reading about aging and ageism in the U.S.” 

― Paul Kleyman, Co-Founder and National Coordinator, Journalists Network on Generations

"Powerful." "Powerful and unflinching." "Remarkable." "Vivid." "Incendiary." "Fierce and evocative."