Non-Fiction

Neoma

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12. I listened to the audiobook.

Fri Dec 1, 2017, 10:18 AM

Dec 2017

He had points but I do feel that some points were quite off the mark. I was in a book group and the group ended up arguing how to fix the issues he put forth and I was the only southerner in the room that could give more information. Whether he knows it or not, he’s giving the south a new stereotype. A stereotype being one story about a particular place in the world without shedding light on other types of stories.

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I just finished reading "Hillbilly Elegy". [View all] llmart Nov 2017 OP

I want to read it, too. Laffy Kat Nov 2017 #1

Read it snowybirdie Nov 2017 #2

I agree with what you said... llmart Nov 2017 #3

I have not read the book, but I've read a review or two PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2017 #5

This is where he posed a dichotomy, at least to me. llmart Nov 2017 #10

Wow. I would love to sit down with you over a beer or several. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #11

Your story is interesting. llmart Dec 2017 #15

Resourceful and tenacious. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #18

I started it, but I couldn't get too far. I found the self-destructive and violent behavior Squinch Nov 2017 #4

Some info on the book and author left-of-center2012 Nov 2017 #6

I understand that Vance now resides in Columbus, Ohio. No Vested Interest Nov 2017 #8

He's an Ohio State graduate. llmart Nov 2017 #9

people have been brainwashed since the rise of ronny raygun on what is good. pansypoo53219 Nov 2017 #7

I listened to the audiobook. Neoma Dec 2017 #12

That's sort of how I felt. llmart Dec 2017 #13

When I moved up north I was called a Hill William Neoma Dec 2017 #14

LOL llmart Dec 2017 #16

Oh thats happened to me. (sort of) Neoma Dec 2017 #17