Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.74 (723 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1504734335 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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J. A deeply moving memoir with its share of humor and colorful figures, Hillbilly Elegy is the story of how upward mobility really feels. D. And it is an urgent and troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of this country.. However, Vance's family struggled profoundly with the demands of their new middle-class life, and were never able to fully escape the legacy of poverty. Vance's grandparents moved north from Kentucky's Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. They raised a middle-class family, and eventually their grandchild would graduate from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of their success in achieving generational upward mobility
J. Vance is a former Marine and a graduate of Yale Law School. He lives in Washington, DC. . D. He is a regular contributor to the National Review
Vance writes powerfully about the real people who are kept out of sight by academic abstractions.” (Peter Thiel, entrepreneur, investor, and author of Zero to One) . Here we find women and men who dearly love their country, yet who feel powerless as their way of life is devastated. It’s one of the best books I’ve ever read… The most important book of 2016. “A compassionate, discerning sociological analysis…Combining thoughtful inquiry with firsthand experience, Mr. Vance has inadvertently provided a civilized reference guide for an uncivilized election, and he’s done so in a vocabulary intelligible to both Democrats and Republicans. (Rod Dreher,The American Conservative)“J.D. Never before have I read a memoir so powerful, and so necessary. But J.D. You cannot understand what’s happening now without first reading J.D. Vance nails itstunningintimate” (Globe and Mail (Toronto))“A new me
"An edifying and inspiring, if also troubling at times, read." according to Amazon Customer. There is a lot to take in here, even for someone that's seen this life up close in many of its many guises.While ostensibly about the particular culture of the West Virginia Scots-Irish underclass, anyone that has seen white poverty in America's flyover states will recognize much of what is written about here. It is a life on t. "An inside look at a world many of us know all too well." according to Kathleen Valentine. I spent most of the last 2 days reading this book and I can't stop thinking about it. I never heard of the author until I saw him on Morning Joe a few days ago but I looked him up and read several articles he wrote for various publications so I bought his book. He grew up in a family of what he describes as "hillbillies" from K. Spirit said Shines honest light on often forgotten group.. Well written and heartfelt. I escaped inner city Baltimore (see The Wire) due to luck, the ability to do well in school and a few good teachers.Instead of trying to describe my early life to my family and friends, I will give them this book. Should be required high school reading. It seems that these days, the U.S. forgets that