Book club to meet

CHENEY – The Friends of the Cheney Library book club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. in the library meeting room to discuss Hillbilly Elegy written by J.D. Vance.

This book’s tag line is “A memoir of a family and culture in crisis” and discusses the harrowing times America’s rust belt towns are in and details the struggles of America’s white working class through the abuse, addiction, and trauma that is all to common for middle class families in this part of America.

The book was turned into a major motion picture for Netflix and released in 2020. The film “Hillbilly Elegy” was directed by Ron Howard, stars Glenn Close and Amy Adams.

 

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