>>My amazing girlfriend loaned me her copy of Hillbilly Elegy, by JD Vance and I read it non-stop.
>>If you haven't read it set aside a few hours, kick back, pour some great wine, beer or whatever and feast on it.
>>Especially you non-Yanks who watch us doing crazy things here.
>>We have some seedy people here, for sure, but check out JD Vance and his wonderful family.
>>There are lots of people like JD Vance here. I see them every day.
>>I served with many of them in the military.
>>We don't hear enough about them.
>>My generation had JD Salinger's Catcher In The Rye and TS Elliot's The Wasteland.
>>My hope is that my precious grandsons' generation has JD Vance's Hillbilly Elegy.
>>Mamaw lives!
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>Yes, very interesting book. I think the author's interview on yourtube is also interesting. When I read the book, my image of him (physical image) was very different from how he looks.
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>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVvuTKWzOcs

Thanks for the link, Dmitry.
I've seen JD often on CSPAN, but hadn't seen this interview.

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