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Angela Mogin asked this question about Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis:
After reading this book, I find that any empahty I might have had for the people depicted in the book has disappeared. They seem self-destructive in the extreme. Does anyone else feel that way?
Atul Mamtora Having read this book in one seating,i am not able to fathom that even the poorest person in US has far more life choices,having never gone hungry and…moreHaving read this book in one seating,i am not able to fathom that even the poorest person in US has far more life choices,having never gone hungry and other privileges like in Asia or Africa etc. Why is it that immigrants coming from eastern Asia countries like India(I was born In India and never had even refrigerator until 24) or Korea or China etc. never have any of these symptoms like opiod addiction deaths or issues raised by Vance?(less)
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Hillbilly Elegy
by J.D. Vance
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