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

257 pages first pub 2016 (editions) user-added

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 66%
emotional 44%
inspiring 27%
sad 27%
challenging 24%
hopeful 21%
dark 14%
tense 8%
funny 7%
adventurous 1%

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medium 62%
slow 23%
fast 14%

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