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

6 hours, 48 minutes first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction memoir sociology informative reflective medium-paced
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From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, a powerful account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America's white working classHillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis...

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3.53
based on 36,173 reviews

Moods

reflective: 70%

informative: 64%

emotional: 50%

inspiring: 37%

sad: 30%

hopeful: 28%

challenging: 26%

dark: 17%

funny: 9%

tense: 8%

adventurous: 2%

lighthearted: 1%


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65% of readers chose medium
16% of readers chose slow
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