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What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia
July 2020: Southern
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[Poll Ballot] What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia by Elizabeth Catte - 2 stars
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Ha! I read your review-I just love a good rant on how bad a book is-I am just sorry you had to suffer through it.
The title of this book was intriguing, as I recently read The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek which was all about Appalachia. I read your review, which was great, although I'm sorry that the book did not live up to its title. Since I had also read Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, I could follow your critique. It sounds like the author has some very black and white thinking.
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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (other topics)Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (other topics)


This book was poorly written, poorly edited and difficult to read. Near the end of the book she pulls it together somewhat, which allowed me to give this 2 stars vs the 0 stars the first half of the book deserves.