Vance's Apalachian family upped sticks for the Rust Belt in seach of a better life. This memoir is an account of what they took with them and whether it survived. What emerges is a frightening view of poor white America, drugs, violence, aimless confusion, despair. . . . it becomes all too clear why these regions voted for Trump. Vance made it up the social ladder (thanks largely to a gun-toting granny) but most don't. Eye-opening and fascinating.
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 89 Summer 2018 ) |
