I just finished reading "Hillbilly Elegy".

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Anyone else here read this? Initially I was drawn to the story because I grew up in a white, working class, small town in Ohio and wanted to read this author's take on what he feels are the problems/solutions to what has happened to make this sector of our society. I went into it with an open mind, not really knowing his politics, etc. and there were parts of the book I agreed with him and parts I didn't. He self-identifies as a conservative but not until closer to the end of the book. I thought I was being open minded but then started to want to argue with him and realized that he had some valid points and we had quite a bit in common.

Just putting this out there to see if anyone else on DU has read this.