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New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2016.

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Shares the story of the author's family and upbringing, describing how they moved from poverty to an upwardly mobile clan that included the author, a Yale Law School graduate, while navigating the demands of middle class life and the collective demons of the past.

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Social mobility -- United States -- Case studies.
Vance, J. D.
Vance, J. D. -- Family.
Working class white people -- United States -- Biography.
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Description

Shares the story of the author's family and upbringing, describing how they moved from poverty to an upwardly mobile clan that included the author, a Yale Law School graduate, while navigating the demands of middle class life and the collective demons of the past.

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Vance, J. D. (2016). Hillbilly elegy: a memoir of a family and culture in crisis. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.

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Vance, J. D.. 2016. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.

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Vance, J. D., Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2016.

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Vance, J. D.. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2016.

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