Hillbilly Elegy Doesn’t Reflect the Appalachia I Know
GIRLS ON A PORCH IN the APPALACHIAn REGION OF OHIO. Rich-Joseph FacunMy Aunt Ruth won’t watch Hillbilly Elegy, the movie adaptation of J. D. Vance’s memoir about growing up in and eventually escaping Appalachia and a mother coping with addiction. Practically speaking, my aunt doesn’t have a Netflix account or any of the smart technology she’d need to stream it.