This book cover image released by HarperCollins Publishers shows “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis,” by J.D. Vance. Author J.D. Vance’s book “Hillbilly Elegy” provides a vivid tour of the stark world he grew up in, set mainly in the Ohio city of Middletown that was hit hard by its dominant steelmaking company’s decline, but also in his family’s home eastern Kentucky hills region. (HarperCollins Publishers via AP)
