Vance was raised in an unstable home, witness to his mother's string of failed relationships and * addiction. Joining the marines was a real game-changer for him. They are a bit secretive and suspicious of ‘strangers’, but once they trust you there is...  Read More

This is a brutal, beautiful, searing account of the author’s childhood and the community which it epitomizes. Good book is a slice of scotch-irish (a.

An engaging sociological study of broken family life in us. Combining the two, this makes for a great jumping-off point about major socio-economic issues.

The movie does a much better job showing the symbiotic world in which we live in. This author is so egotistical that he reeks of it. This book is not heroic or uplifting.

The book's oversimplification, lack of intersectionality, and political overtones undermine its overall impact. This is the same peter thiel that has spent roughly $20 million funding vance's efforts to seize public office.

He says that if trump wins again in 2024, he should “fire … every civil servant” and “replace them with our people. Now he's an election denier and trump-worshipper who scrubbed his twitter feed of all his past criticisms.