From Poverty to the American Dream: J D Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy

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In “Hillbilly Elegy,” J.D. Vance provides a powerful and deeply personal account of growing up in a working-class family in the heart of America’s Rust Belt. Tracing his journey from a tumultuous childhood in the hills of Kentucky to achieving success and stability as a Yale Law School graduate, Vance confronts the challenging realities faced …