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

227 pages first pub 2016 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir sociology informative reflective medium-paced
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Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis—that of white working-class Americans. The disintegration of this group, a process that has been slowly occurring now for more than forty years, has been reported with gr...

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Moods

reflective 69%
informative 67%
emotional 47%
inspiring 30%
sad 30%
challenging 26%
hopeful 22%
dark 15%
tense 10%
funny 8%
adventurous 2%
lighthearted 1%

Pace

medium 64%
slow 20%
fast 14%

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