Beth Hatch’s Reviews > Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis > Status Update

"Ma was not much of a math person but she took me to the public library before I could read, got me a library card, showed me how to use it, and always made sure I had access to kids' books at home. In other words, despite all the environmental pressures from my neighborhood and community, I received a different message from home and that just might have saved me."