J D Vances grandparents moved north from Kentuckys Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them They raised a middleclass family and eventually their grandchild would graduate from Yale Law School a conventional marker of their success in achieving generational upward mobility However Vances family struggled profoundly with the demands of their new middleclass life and were never able to fully escape the legacy of poverty A deeply moving memoir with its share of humor and colorful figures Hillbilly Elegy is the story of how upward mobility really feels And it is an urgent and troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of this country Features. Hillbilly Elegy Audio BookSpecifications. Target Audience Adult. Language English. Bisac Subject Social Science Sociology Rural. Unit 1. ISBN 9780062300546. Edition Library Retail. Author Vance J D . Edition Description Unabridged. Playing Time 12 Hours. Publish Date Jun16
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