I finished this book on the 45th day of the Trump regime and I've got to say it does not engender hope and good cheer. Lauren is a great hero though and she uses the things which I have always thought were the sources of our greatest strength as humans and as women: empathy, focus, cooperation. Lauren knows instinctively how to draw people - loyal people- to her and how to get them to work toward a common goal. She thinks her uncommon empathy is a shortfall but I believe it is her superpower.