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The must-read summary of J.D Vance’s book: "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of A Family and Culture in Crisis".
A riveting story of a young man's remarkable journey in post-war America. J.D. Vance takes into account his early recollections of how life was back in those days. Brought up by his mother's parents in an Appalachian household, Vance comes across numerous realizations - including that of his own sexuality.
Another colorful portrayal of life in a varying level of degrees. Hillbilly Elegy sheds light into how the elite, middle-class and poor classes interplay with each other during various stages of Vance’s life during those early days.
This literary work of art offers readers a modern day wake-up call to remind present day americans in revisiting a seemingly lost American Dream.
A riveting story of a young man's remarkable journey in post-war America. J.D. Vance takes into account his early recollections of how life was back in those days. Brought up by his mother's parents in an Appalachian household, Vance comes across numerous realizations - including that of his own sexuality.
Another colorful portrayal of life in a varying level of degrees. Hillbilly Elegy sheds light into how the elite, middle-class and poor classes interplay with each other during various stages of Vance’s life during those early days.
This literary work of art offers readers a modern day wake-up call to remind present day americans in revisiting a seemingly lost American Dream.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book reminds me about the significance of "adverse childhood experiences," many of them culture-driven and beyond the practical control of the people suffering from them years afterwards, which have a great effect on the long-term chances of young people who discover the "American Dream." Immigrants from foreign cultures suffer from similar childhood experiences, as do children from aboriginal homes who try to "make it" in white society. As a career educator, I shake my head. . . The more things change, the more they stay the same!