Hillbilly Elegy

Hillbilly Elegy is a 2016 memoir by JD Vance about his upbringing in a poor Appalachian family in Kentucky and Ohio. The book describes Vance's family background, including his grandparents' alcoholism and his mother's history of drug addiction, and how he overcame these challenges to attend Ohio State University and Yale Law School. Vance argues that the Appalachian culture he grew up in contributed to the socioeconomic problems of his hometown, and that the region's shift from Democratic to Republican voting patterns can be attributed to a lack of work ethic and personal responsibility among some local residents. The book became a national bestseller and was adapted into a 2020 film.learn more on wikipedia