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Hillbilly Elegy

a Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
May 07, 2018HKMar rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This book is a must read for new readers wanting to be informed regarding the Appalachia region and socioeconomic turmoil. It is very easy to see through the author yes, he is a conservative and some people have commented to say the author is in someway justifying the "Alt right" or neo-nazi/white supremacy. To think that, I say this is incorrect. If you read this book with an open mind and realize that not everything he says applies to all but is just a small example of the trials and troubles of people of this region and minority regions. To be honest, I find the author a bit pretentious, hypocritical but his story is still intriguing. It definitely has a survival bias theme to it; however to people that are not exposed to these problems or are far removed from it it is a must read because it's a start to understanding each other in an objective manner and not in an identity politics dog vs. dog world that we appear to living in. Overall read this and try to expand your knowledge I will look into the other books that were mentioned in the comments below mine.