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

J.D. Vance

272 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction sociology informative reflective medium-paced

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From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, a powerful account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America's white working classHillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis...

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reflective 69%
informative 67%
emotional 45%
sad 29%
inspiring 28%
challenging 26%
hopeful 21%
dark 14%
tense 9%
funny 8%
adventurous 1%
lighthearted 1%

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slow 20%
fast 15%

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