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Hillbilly Elegy - A Memoir Of A Family And Culture In Crisis

by J.D. Vance
Hillbilly Elegy - A Memoir Of A Family And Culture In Crisis - Thryft
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Raw, intimate glimpse into the struggles of white working class.

If you want to understand the challenges faced by the white working class in America, "Hillbilly Elegy" is a must-read. J.D. Vance takes you on a deeply personal journey through his upbringing in a poor Rust Belt town, painting a vivid picture of the struggles and complexities of his family and community. This powerful memoir offers valuable insights into a often overlooked segment of society and provokes necessary reflection on the state of working-class America.

  • Audie Award for Nonfiction (2017)
  • Dayton Literary Peace Prize Nominee for Nonfiction (2017)
  • Ohioana Book Award for About Ohio or an Ohioan (2017)
  • Kirkus Prize Nominee for Nonfiction (2016)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Memoir & Autobiography (2016)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Hillbilly Elegy - A Memoir Of A Family And Culture In Crisis

by J.D. Vance
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ISBN: 9780008410964
Authors: J.D. Vance
Publisher: William Collins
Date of Publication: 2020-11-12
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Sociology, Biographies & Memoirs, History, Politics
Related Topics: History, Politics, Memoir, Politics, Autobiography, Biography, Biography Memoir, Politics, Sociology, Memoir, History, Autobiography, Biography, Biography Memoir
Goodreads rating: 3.87
(rated by 408972 readers)

Description

‘The political book of the year’ Sunday Times ‘A frank, unsentimental, harrowing memoir … A superb book’ New York Post ‘I bought this to try to better understand Trump’s appeal … but the memoir is so much more than that. A gripping, unputdownable page-turner’ India Knight, Evening Standard J. D. Vance grew up in the hills of Kentucky. His family and friends were the people most of the world calls rednecks, hillbillies or white trash. In this deeply moving memoir, Vance tells the story of his family’s demons and of America ’ s problem with generational neglect. How his mother struggled against, but never fully escaped, the legacies of abuse, alcoholism, poverty and trauma. How his grandparents, ‘dirt poor and in love’, gave everything for their children to chase the American dream. How Vance beat the odds to graduate from Yale Law School. And how America came to abandon and then condescend to its white working classes, until they reached breaking point.
 

Raw, intimate glimpse into the struggles of white working class.

If you want to understand the challenges faced by the white working class in America, "Hillbilly Elegy" is a must-read. J.D. Vance takes you on a deeply personal journey through his upbringing in a poor Rust Belt town, painting a vivid picture of the struggles and complexities of his family and community. This powerful memoir offers valuable insights into a often overlooked segment of society and provokes necessary reflection on the state of working-class America.

  • Audie Award for Nonfiction (2017)
  • Dayton Literary Peace Prize Nominee for Nonfiction (2017)
  • Ohioana Book Award for About Ohio or an Ohioan (2017)
  • Kirkus Prize Nominee for Nonfiction (2016)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Memoir & Autobiography (2016)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.