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“But yeah, like everyone else in our family, they could go from zero to murderous in a fucking heartbeat.”

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Book:Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

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Book:Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

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