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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance

4.0

"Its not just our own communities that reinforce the outsider attitude, its the places and people that upward mobility connects us with".

An honest and insightful revelation about of one of the poorest communities in America. A reminder that while there are clear racial lines drawn in the sand, society will always systematically punish and let down one group of people at the bottom of the ladder, regardless of race or religion - the poor.

This book is accessible and necessary.