tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post907137235542571057..comments2024-02-20T00:13:53.322-08:00Comments on Bookishly Boisterous: Nonfiction Nagging: Hillbilly ElegyChristinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02287501540207945678noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post-87184450522308799262016-12-30T15:50:39.336-08:002016-12-30T15:50:39.336-08:00I have wanted to read this one for a while, but I ...I have wanted to read this one for a while, but I just found it on Scribd audio, so it's probably bumped WAY up the pile. I have a feeling it's going to remind me way too much of where I live in Texas. Sigh. Andihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05220718933942181809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post-79422069567305584892016-12-28T15:04:51.185-08:002016-12-28T15:04:51.185-08:00Yeah, growing up in Modesto I definitely see some ...Yeah, growing up in Modesto I definitely see some similarities between the Central Valley and the midwest... Sigh. Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02287501540207945678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640540060819179935.post-57161028991546965912016-12-27T08:24:52.703-08:002016-12-27T08:24:52.703-08:00I was devastated by the election outcome, too....a...I was devastated by the election outcome, too....and went through a lot of what you have mentioned, and also spent time looking more realistically at the limitations of the presidency. I read Hillbilly Elegy, and while I also live in that California "bubble," I live in the Central Valley, and as a social worker, had many clients who could have sprung from the South...and some did. The generational poverty, with addictions, etc., all accompany many of those who live in the middle of the state.<br /><br />My experiences have, therefore, been altered by these work experiences I had for thirty years.<br /><br />I am trying to be hopeful...and I also started reading that other book, White Trash. Not as reader-friendly as Hillbilly Elegy, but more like a textbook. I'll be reading it in bits and pieces.Laurel-Rain Snowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00101090217639410913noreply@blogger.com