J. D. Vance

A Memoir

Hillbilly Elegy

THE INTERNATIONAL AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE ‘The political book of the year’ Sunday Times ‘You will not read a more important book about America this year’ Economist

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER IS NOW A MAJOR-MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY RON HOWARD AND STARRING AMY ADAMS, GLENN CLOSE, AND GABRIEL BASSO You will not read a more important book about America this year.--The Economist A riveting book.--The Wall Street Journal Essential reading.--David Brooks, New York Times Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis--that of white working-class Americans. The disintegration of this group, a process that has been slowly occurring now for more than forty years, has been reported with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck. The Vance family story begins hopefully in postwar America. J. D.'s grandparents were "dirt poor and in love," and moved north from Kentucky's Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. They raised a middle-class family, and eventually one of their grandchildren would graduate from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of success in achieving generational upward mobility. But as the family saga of Hillbilly Elegy plays out, we learn that J.D.'s grandparents, aunt, uncle, sister, and, most of all, his mother struggled profoundly with the demands of their new middle-class life, never fully escaping the legacy of abuse, alcoholism, poverty, and trauma so characteristic of their part of America. With piercing honesty, Vance shows how he himself still carries around the demons of his chaotic family history. A deeply moving memoir, with its share of humor and vividly colorful figures, Hillbilly Elegy is the story of how upward mobility really feels. And it is an urgent and troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of this country.

A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

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'THE POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR' Sunday Times 'You will not read a more important book about America this year' Economist 'The best book about the alienation within America' Evening Standard 'The memoir gripping America... Vividly articulates the despair and disillusionment of blue-collar America' Sunday Times 'Hillbilly Elegy' is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis--that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over forty years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck. The Vance family story begins hopefully in post-war America. J. D.'s grandparents were "dirt poor and in love," and moved north from Kentucky's Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. They raised a middle-class family, and eventually their grandchild (the author) would graduate from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of their success in achieving generational upward mobility. But as the family saga of Hillbilly Elegy plays out, we learn that this is only the short, superficial version. Vance's grandparents, aunt, uncle, sister, and, most of all, his mother, struggled profoundly with the demands of their new middle-class life, and were never able to fully escape the legacy of abuse, alcoholism, poverty, and trauma so characteristic of their part of America. Vance piercingly shows how he himself still carries around the demons of their chaotic family history. A deeply moving memoir with its share of humour and vividly colourful figures, 'Hillbilly Elegy' is the story of how upward mobility really feels. And it is an urgent and troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of this country.

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Der Amerikaner J.D. Vance erzählt die Geschichte seiner Familie, einer verarmten, weissen Arbeiterfamilie und seines Werdegangs vom Sohn einer alleinerziehenden drogenabhängigen Mutter zum erfolgreichen Jurastudent und Investor in Silicon Valley.

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Hillbilly-Elegie

"Um relato comovente e uma leitura indispensável para este momento histórico que estamos vivendo." - The New York Times Era uma vez um sonho retrata o impacto da decadência cultural e econômica de uma sociedade sobre a história pessoal de cada um. A história de J.D. Vance poderia ser igual à de milhares de outras pessoas que cresceram nas mesmas condições que ele. Seus avós migraram para a região dos Estados Unidos conhecida como Cinturão da Ferrugem, onde se tornaram operários de classe média. Mas a relativa ascensão social não significou que seus descendentes conseguissem escapar da situação de pobreza material e cultural que os prendia a um ciclo contínuo de violência doméstica, abuso de álcool e drogas e falta de perspectivas de forma geral. J.D Vance transforma sua experiência pessoal numa narrativa emocionante sobre a degradação da classe trabalhadora branca americana – mas que poderia se passar em qualquer outro lugar do mundo. É pioneiro ao trazer uma perspectiva interna do declínio de um grupo social, visto pelos olhos de alguém que conseguiu romper com essa situação e se formar em direito numa das mais prestigiadas universidades do país. Best-seller #1 do New York Times desde novembro de 2016, o livro tem sido indicado também para quem deseja compreender as condições que suscitaram a vitória de Donald Trump nas eleições presidenciais dos EUA. Com uma honestidade pungente, apresentando personagens de uma realidade dura, cruel e por vezes também bem-humorada, ao alcance de todos nós, J.D. Vance construiu um retrato muito maior do que o da crise da sociedade americana. Expôs, com sua própria história, que certos sonhos podem dilacerar um indivíduo e esquartejá-lo entre dois mundos.

A história de uma família da classe operária e da crise da sociedade americana

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Lamento de uma América em ruínas

Searching for a Meaningful American Christianity

A Relevant Faith

Hillbilly, una elegía rural es un relato apasionado y apasionante de una clase social en decadencia, la de la clase trabajadora blanca en Estados Unidos. Los hillbillies, término peyorativo que hace referencia a los habitantes de la cordillera de los Apalaches, forman parte de este grupo social cada vez más empobrecido y radicalizado del país. J.D. Vance cuenta la historia de unos habitantes que se han ido degradando lentamente durante más de cuarenta años y cuyo declive ejemplifica a la perfección su disfuncional familia. De la mano de su violenta abuela, de su madre drogadicta o de su ausente padre, Vance retrata los anhelos, las luchas y conflictos, los valores y la incansable búsqueda de culpables a quienes responsabilizar de su desdicha, de una comunidad olvidada durante años por el sistema y ahora, tras la victoria de Donald Trump, convertida en centro de atención. El resentimiento, la falta de ambición y una combinación letal de victimismo y pesimismo junto a una devoción por el país, una fervorosa fe en Dios y un desaforado sentido del honor han hecho que los hillbillies posean una tendencia a la violencia física y verbal, al alcoholismo y las drogas, se conformen con vivir de los subsidios del Gobierno y sean despreciados por sus compatriotas de ambas costas del país. Su respuesta a todo ello es conocida: han encumbrado a Donald Trump a la presidencia de Estados Unidos.

Memorias de una familia y una cultura en crisis

Hillbilly, una elegía rural

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Hillbilly Elegy: A Complete Summary! Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis is a memoir by J. D. Vance about how he was raised to live by the code of Appalachian values. He connects his upbringing to the social problems concerning of his hometown. Hillbilly Elegy is a personal analysis of white working-class Americans that shows how their condition is worsening as the world they know falls apart piece by piece. We also learn how Vance's family situation plays out in his life and how everyone in his family was fighting their own battles. They can't fully escape the poverty, abuse, and trauma that is present in their middle-class lives. Hillbilly Elegy is a book that filled with vividly colored stories that will surely affect your understanding of middle class life in America. The book topped the New York Times Best Seller list in August 2016 and January 2017. Here Is A Preview of What You Will Get: - A summarized version of the book. - You will find the book analyzed to further strengthen your knowledge. - Fun multiple-choice quizzes, along with answers to help you learn about the book. Get a copy, and learn everything about Hillbilly Elegy.

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