Reddit reviews Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
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My condolences. All my rural Ohio relatives are Trump supporters. I sometimes wonder how I would have turned out if I hadn't moved to Australia.
Have you read Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J. D. Vance? He describes what growing up in that culture was like.
We have that problem in Australia too. I'll never forget the time I wandered around the poorer areas of my city and was shocked to find expensive muscle cars parked outside semi-detached homes that were getting more and more detached as time went by.
You should party with this guy.
And by "party", I mean one glass of Pinot Grigio.
If you get the chance, read:
https://www.amazon.com/Hillbilly-Elegy-Memoir-Family-Culture/dp/0062300555/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526796919&sr=8-1&keywords=hillbilly+elegy+paperback
The story is similar to your husband's.
But consider J. D. Vance, in his 'Hillbilly Elegy' he writes about his Appalachian-poor childhood, meth-addicted mother and his full-scholarship to Yale Law. Mark Ferguson of the Chicago Trib also came from Appalachia on scholarship to Yale.