(?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)
J.D. Vance

“Not all of the white working class struggles. I knew even as a child that there were two separate sets of mores and social pressures. My grandparents embodied one type: old-fashioned, quietly faithful, self-reliant, hardworking. My mother and, increasingly, the entire neighborhood embodied another: consumerist, isolated, angry, distrustful. There”

J.D. Vance, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Read more quotes from J.D. Vance


Share this quote:
Share on Twitter

Friends Who Liked This Quote

To see what your friends thought of this quote, please sign up!


This Quote Is From

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance
498,741 ratings, average rating, 42,124 reviews
Open Preview

Browse By Tag