Hillbilly Elegy
2016 memoir by J. D. Vance / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the film based on the memoir, see Hillbilly Elegy (film).
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis is a bestselling 2016 memoir by J. D. Vance about the Appalachian values of his Kentucky family and the social and socioeconomic problems of his hometown of Middletown, Ohio, where his mother's parents moved when they were young.
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Author | J. D. Vance |
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Language | English |
Subject | Rural sociology, poverty, family drama |
Published | June 2016 (Harper Press) |
Publisher | Harper |
Pages | 264 |
Awards | 2017 Audie Award for Nonfiction |
ISBN | 978-0-06-230054-6 |
OCLC | 952097610 |
LC Class | HD8073.V37 |
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In 2020 it was adapted into a film directed by Ron Howard and starring Glenn Close and Amy Adams.