'A superb, empathic comedy of manners. Perhaps the most impressive thing about Help Wanted is that Waldman manages, in telling her small story, to describe not just the American economic prison but the global one. So: both a novel of manners and a systems novel, a book that shows us, perhaps, how intimately linked these apparently disparate genres were all along' - Guardian

'Waldman applies her sharp sense for relational drama and dark comedy to the retail sector... The book shines' - The New York Times

'Tightly plotted, slyly caustic and often very funny, it's hugely enjoyable' - Daily Mail

'Waldman is a sharp observer of the world, a writer whose attention to particulars only sharpens the bigger picture' - Atlantic

'Scathing, often humorous and sharply observed ... Waldman's writing is richest and most humane as she traces each worker's private ambitions' - Telegraph