After-Dark Book Club: Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance

On its surface, this acclaimed 2016 memoir sounds like an American success story, as its author, J.D. Vance, grows up poor in the Rust Belt and then goes on to join the Marines and graduate from Yale Law School. In truth, it’s about the struggles of his own family, giving readers a close-up look at the decades-long struggles of America’s white working class. All are welcome to the Library’s book clubs. Copies of the current selection are usually available at the circulation desk.

All are welcome to the After-Dark Book Club. Copies of the current selection are usually available at the circulation desk. For information about this month’s title, please click here. This is the last session of the club before its annual summer hiatus.