Memoir

J.D. Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy” is a moving and thought-provoking memoir that explores the challenges and complexities faced by working-class Americans in Appalachia and the Rust Belt. In the book, Vance reflects on his own experiences growing up in a dysfunctional family plagued by poverty, addiction, and violence, as well as the larger social and cultural forces that shaped his community and his generation.