I didn't particularly appreciate this deluded, racist jackhole winning the at the #Audies2017 for best #nonfiction. Setting aside the fact that I found the book intolerable, his performance was one of the worst in a category full of amazing vocal performances. 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻 Audie judges. Anyone who can come up with a 130 character mean tweet about it will forever have my gratitude! @Notafraidofwords ??
Notafraidofwords I can't thing of anything besides the fact that one day he will run for office and neither one of us will vote for him. 8y
Tamra I haven't read it and it's still sitting in my stacks, precisely for the reasons you cited. I wish I hadn't forked over the $ for a new copy. 😐 8y
Aswenson I went back and forth with hating and understanding him. I feel like he basically explained why unintelligent southerners believe certain things b/c they don't know any better, but he just goes ahead and believes them too. 8y
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Aluciddreamstate I wanted to read this especially after I read/listened to White Trash by Isenburg. Slightly more intrigued to read it now so I can also fume/understand the blight. 8y
Megabooks @Notafraidofwords 👍🏻👍🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 8y
Megabooks @Tamra Same here! I wish I didn't own the audiobook! 8y
Megabooks @Aswenson He has no idea what he's talking about, imo. He strung together a bunch of family anecdotes and tried to generalize them. I don't appreciate him pretending to understand Kentucky when he just vacationed there. (I'm a Kentuckian.) His generalizations about Southerns plus his own micro aggressions are what drive me nuts. So we sort of agree. 🤔 (edited) 8y
Megabooks @Aluciddreamstate White Trash, which I've also read, is much better because at least she did research. I wish her research had been more in depth, but it was still a better book. 8y
LauraJ As someone who grew up as white trash, I was unimpressed. However, the middle class people in my book club found the book to be a revelation. 8y
Sue I haven't listened to the book, but I confess a number of the winners left me confused. But agree with you about the content 💯 8y
Megabooks @LauraJ Really? Hmmm...maybe that's why they picked it. I guess growing up going to public county schools in Kentucky skewed my view of what other people know. But still, this is a book of anecdotes. And I wouldn't have a problem if it had been billed as such, but he falls short on any good conclusions. 8y
Megabooks @Sue Yes, it was a weird year at the Audies! At least in the humor category, my second favorite won. (That's the other category I judged.) Luvvie did do an excellent job! 8y
MyNamesParadise Omg I loved this one!! I thought he had a dry humor that was hilarious!! My mom had this kind of upbringing & traumas from her past trickled down into issues in my own life even though I'm not from that region. For people that are not familiar with that region I think it spreads awareness about how rough life can be and how fraught with emotional turmoil the family life can be! 8y
Alicia Same same same. You already said everything I felt but better so, yay! 👊🏽 8y
Megabooks @Alicia Thanks!!!! 8y
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