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Hillbilly Elegy

Hillbilly Elegy

By J.D. Vance

Harper Collins, 2016.

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A brief summary of Hillbilly Elegy

J.D. Vance recounts the story of his tumultuous upbringing in a “hillbilly” town in Ohio, coming from a poverty-stricken yet fiercely loyal family. Vance overcame a desperate set of circumstances to succeed as a US Marine and later as a Yale-educated lawyer.

Key insights in Hillbilly Elegy

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What do you get from this book? Experience one man’s rise from a desperate situation to a successful life
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Hillbillies are working-class people of Scots-Irish descent with a distinct culture and a pessimistic worldview
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Vance’s grandparents were economically stable, but their Violent home life involved frequent angry outbursts
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Vance has some fond childhood memories, but his mother and stepfather’s tumultuous relationship traumatized him
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Back in Middletown, Vance was terrorized by his mom and resented her string of unstable relationships
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Vance’s biological father exposed him to the church, though Mamaw had a different approach to religion
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Papaw was an important father figure to Vance, and his death was the breaking point for Bev’s addiction
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Living with Mamaw truly changed Vance’s life—she provided him stability and happiness, and made him to study
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After high school, Vance joined the Marine Corp and learned discipline—and realized how much his family loved him
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Vance made it to Yale law school and started to realize the profound effects of the American class system
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Vance was lucky to overcome his background—hillbillies need to do more to support and empower their children
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Selected critiques in brief
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Final word

Who should read Hillbilly Elegy

Anyone who wants to understand the experiences of working-class white Americans • policy makers • anthropology and sociology students • go-getters

About the author of Hillbilly Elegy

J.D. Vance is an American lawyer and politician who overcame an impoverished childhood in rural Ohio to become a member of the US Marine Corps and then attend Ohio State University and Yale Law School. Vance has worked as a venture capitalist at a top Silicon Valley investment firm and is active in US politics.

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