Barbara (NOT RECEIVING NOTIFICATIONS!)'s Reviews > Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

“Hillbilly Elegy” is a personal account by author J.D. Vance of his life as a “hillbilly”. Vance is a proud hillbilly. He approached this work as a sociological study of his people. He illuminates both the strengths and flaws of the Hillbilly culture. As a person who has not had much contact (i.e. NO contact) with people from that part of the USA, I found his work to be fascinating. I’ve read other reviewers who beg to differ in his analysis. I approached this work as one person’s experience. I found his life to be amazing in that his cultural upbringing was so different from mine from the Midwest. It’s a short work, and worthy of the time spent reading it. I highly recommend it as a piece of work that shed’s light on a part of America that is most likely misunderstood. This was a book club novel and EVERYONE enjoyed it, which is a rarity.