Fine unread condition color illustrated softcover wraps. Includes Praise for Hillbilly Elegy; Author Dedication; Introduction; Conclusion; Afterword; Acknowledgments and Notes. First edition, first printing of the movie tie-in edition directed by Ron Howard, starring Amy Adams and Glenn Close. "You will not read a more important book about America this year." - The Economist. "[Vance] offers a compelling explanation for why it's so hard for someone who grew up the way he did to make it.a riveting book." - Wall Street Journal. "Essential reading for this moment in history." - New York Times. "Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis - that of white working-class Americans. The disintegration of this group, a process that has been slowly occurring for more than forty years, has been reported with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J.D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional,