Hillbilly Elegy
by J. D. Vance
Taste attributes: biographydocumentarypoliticalfamilyslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlineargrittyenclosedemotive & stirringsocial commentaryrags to riches
Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, weighty biography, slow-burning rather than fast. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.7 / 5
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About This Book
From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, this book is a probing look at the struggles of America's white working class through the author's own story of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town. Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis - that of poor, white Americans.
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- Author
- J. D. Vance
- Published
- 2016
- Pages
- 272
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