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As someone who was the seventh generation of her family reared in the coalfields of eastern Kentucky, I found the book appalling. As a memoir, the stories about the author's dysfunctional upbringing in Ohio are entertaining, yet it is disturbing how political commentary and Appalachian stereotypes are peppered randomly throughout the book. It almost feels as if the publishers asked the author to add more of the exploitative narrative that always sells so well, and he just shoved it in here and there. The author was the second generation in his family born in Ohio. He never lived in Kentucky, and he gets almost everything wrong. This is just another work from an outsider looking to exploit the area for a quick buck. This book did nothing to enhance or better the area or its people.