I Grew Up Much Like JD Vance. How Did We End Up So Different?

I read Hillbilly Elegy when it first appeared. The first part moved me as he described the Appalachians and his family and friends. The rest of the book felt disingenuous, with deceptive descriptions and hollow chapters. After the excitement that somebody had written a book much like my memoir, A Renaissance Redneck, it left me with a...