The book briefly presents aging trends worldwide and the underlying causes of and the resulting need for long-term eldercare. It then explores "demographic, economic, political, social and cultural influences that have transformed the family unit and the gender roles within it" (p. XVII)...
Hillbilly Elegy was deservedly named one of the best books of the year by The Economist, The New York Times, and nearly every reviewer worth their salt in 2016.
-PODCAST: Hillbilly Elegy: Author J.D. Vance and Adam White of the Hoover Institute will join us to discuss Hillbilly Elegy and the future of blue-collar America(Federalist Society, 5/04/17) -VIDEO: J.D. Vance talked about his book Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in...
“Hillbilly Elegy,” an adaptation of J.D. Vance’s 2016 memoir, is about an extended family mired in dysfunction, though the reason the book became a number-one bestseller is that it took us into the realm of something far more exotic than mere dysfunction. Bev Vance and her ...
Movie review of Hillbilly Elegy, directed by Ron Howard, and starring Amy Adams, and Glen Close. Vance’s original message of healing, hope, and the importance of family and community is sadly missing from Howard’s film
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Hillbilly Elegyhas been touted as THE book to read if a person wants to understand why our current president was elected. It supposedly gives insight into what people in the rust belt were thinking when they voted for him. While I thought thatHillbilly Elegywas a good memoir and that Vance...
Ron Howard's Hillbilly Elegy features powerful "reverse makeover" performances from Glenn Close and Amy Adams (that are sure to shine up nicely come awards season) but ultimately the film is a somewhat hollow, overly-glossy attempt to encapsulate J.D.'s struggles to escape a life of abuse ...
Full of repetitive flashbacks and constant yelling, Hillbilly Elegy strives to be the next great domestic drama, but falls short in several ways.
Hillbilly Elegy Review Law student J.D. Vance (Gabriel Basso) is at a prospective law firm dinner wearing his best suit and trying to tell the butter knife from the fish knife when his phone rings: it’s his sister (Haley Bennett), who tells him through a cracking voice that “she’s...