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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J. D. Vance (Paperback, 2017)
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J. D.'s grandparents were "dirt poor and in love," and moved north from Kentucky's Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. But as the family saga of Hillbilly Elegy plays out, we learn that this is only the short, superficial version.
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A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Waterstones Nonfiction Book of the Month (June) 'THE POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR' Sunday Times 'You will not read a more important book about America this year' Economist 'A memoir of life in the Trump-voting white working class is the political book of the year' Sunday Times 'Hillbilly Elegy' is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis - that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of the United States that has been slowly disintegrating over forty years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck. The Vance family story begins hopefully in post-war America. J. D.'s grandparents were dirt poor and in love, and 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 (the author) would graduate from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of their success in achieving generational upward mobility. But as the family saga of 'Hillbilly Elegy' plays out, we learn that this is only the short, superficial version. Vance's grandparents, aunt, uncle, sister, and, most of all, his mother, struggled profoundly with the demands of their new middle-class life, and were never able to fully escape the legacy of abuse, alcoholism, poverty, and trauma so characteristic of their part of America. Vance piercingly shows how he himself still carries around the demons of their chaotic family history. A deeply moving memoir with its share of humour and vividly colourful figures, 'Hillbilly Elegy' is the story of how upward mobility really feels. And it is an urgent and troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of the country.Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-139780008220563
eBay Product ID (ePID)235163493
Product Key Features
Book TitleHillbilly Elegy: a Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
AuthorJ. D. Vance
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicMemorials
Publication Year2017
TypeTextbook
Number of Pages272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height198mm
Item Width129mm
Item Weight250 g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorJ. D. Vance
Topic AreaEconomic Sociology
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 21 Mar, 2025Most favourable review
perfect he was ans dwwp down is still teling his hillbilly story
its the early life of j d vance ,where he came from and is ancestors , a great readVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 31 Jul, 2024Most critical review
Doesn’t hold my interest. But will read it all
I wanted to find out more about this man. Admittedly l haven’t read all of the book. I find it repetitive; and even the ‘baddies’ seem to have a gloss of lovable rogues. It isn’t well written, but l didn’t expect it would be. I will plough through to the finish. Sorry for sounding negative. I am a bit disappointed. Perhaps it will improveVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 15 Mar, 2025
Excellent read.
An easy read and compelling true to life story.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 23 Mar, 2025
Couldn’t put his book down, great to lea...
Couldn’t put his book down, great to learn about JD Vance being raised by his grandma and her brothers.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 15 Aug, 2024
A very good read (contains some strong l...
A very good read (contains some strong language)Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 31 Jul, 2024
Excellent story
Very good readingVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 28 Jul, 2024
Brilliant, well written, honest, frank.
Well written. Frank and honest. He tells it warts and all.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 10 Feb, 2021
A good read
True story good booka good readVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 02 Aug, 2024
My thoughts
Have not read it yet watched the movie if the book is anything like the movie it will be awesome !Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 28 Jul, 2024
Title says it all
Sounds like a great VPVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
