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MyOwnPeace

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6. I had read part of the book......

Reply to doc03 (Original post)

Thu Nov 26, 2020, 12:10 PM

Nov 2020

and stopped because it was too much like my own background but without any of the dysfunctional family members - but there sure was a big chunk of "poor" in the family!

But then again I remember when I was "student teaching" in an urban high school and went to see the movie "Up the Down Staircase." I left part-way through it because I'd just spent the past week living out the movie in real life!

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I watched Hillbilly Elegy last night on Netflix it is one of the best [View all] doc03 Nov 2020 OP

Like the book, it's gotten poor reviews. sinkingfeeling Nov 2020 #1

I'd be more interested if the author hadn't TexasBushwhacker Nov 2020 #7

Mixed reviews generally indicate a sleeper randr Nov 2020 #2

I liked the book Ohiogal Nov 2020 #3

The movie could have been a story about my own family although we were not quite that doc03 Nov 2020 #4

I can understand how you enjoyed it with the similarities appalachiablue Nov 2020 #5

I live here and I think it is a fairly accurate description of the people in doc03 Nov 2020 #8

The employment picture is abysmal I know, and it's continued appalachiablue Nov 2020 #11

I had read part of the book...... MyOwnPeace Nov 2020 #6

Really? 95%? LOL! Nt USALiberal Nov 2020 #9

Just watched - too much pain consider_this Nov 2020 #10

Just watched this. DURHAM D Nov 2020 #12

Below Ron Howard's usual standards IMO. Something is missing. Auggie Nov 2020 #13

We just watched it tonight and liked it a lot. Croney Nov 2020 #14

I hated the book... Freedomofspeech Dec 2020 #15