Hillbilly Elegy

by J D Vance

An interesting, and often times heart wrenching, look into a segment of society oft overlooked. I'd recommend this book to anyone who doesn't personally know someone who could have been featured or mentioned in this book. While I think the author is at times a little on the nose with his political leanings, the opening chapters really give you a good sense of what his life was like. I can understand why people would mention it in the same sentence at Ta-Nehisi Coates' Between the World in Me, as they are both stories of people's often fraught lives, but I don't totally feel comfortable conflating these two. A good read nonetheless and one that reminds me of the broader society we live in.