{"product_id":"9781682996058","title":"Summary, Analysis, and Review of J.D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and a Culture in Crisis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePLEASE NOTE:\u003c\/b\u003e This is a \u003ci\u003ekey takeaways\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eanalysis\u003c\/i\u003e of the book and \u003cb\u003eNOT\u003c\/b\u003e the original book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStart Publishing Notes' \u003ci\u003eSummary, Analysis, and Review of J.D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and a Culture in Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSummary of the book\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnalysis \u0026amp; Key Takeaways\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA detailed \"About the Author\" section\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreview:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e J.D. Vance's \u003ci\u003eHillbilly Elegy\u003c\/i\u003e is a memoir about his life growing up in Ohio as the child of a working-class family with roots in Appalachia. Vance uses his experiences in a dysfunctional family to talk about the problems with what he calls \u003ci\u003ehillbilly culture\u003c\/i\u003e. He says that hillbilly culture is mired in laziness, drug use, and learned helplessness. Hillbillies claim to be committed to hard work, but Vance believes they actually refuse to work at available jobs, miring them in poverty. He argues that hillbillies must recommit to institutions like the family and the church in order to escape poverty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Vance's grandparents, Jim Vance and Bonnie Blanton, were born in the town of Jackson in southeast Kentucky. They left in the 1940s when Bonnie, or Mamaw, became pregnant at fourteen. They moved to Middletown, Ohio, where Jim, or Pawpaw, worked in the steel mill. Their first child, that led them to leave Appalachia, was stillborn. Eventually, though, the family had three children, including a middle daughter, Bev, who became J.D. Vance's mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Start Publishing Notes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018868080880,"sku":"9781682996058","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781682996058_p0.jpg?v=1763698447","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781682996058","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}