Hillbilly Elegy

not the same. The former could be
remedied with a little patience and a lot
of hard work. And the latter? “Well, I
guess you’re up shit creek without a
paddle.”
I thought about how Papaw would
get on the ground with me and Aunt
Wee’s baby girls and play with us like a
child. Despite his “bullshits” and his
grouchiness, he never met a hug or a kiss
that he didn’t welcome. He bought
Lindsay a crappy car and fixed it up, and
after she wrecked it, he bought her
another one and fixed that one up, too,
just so she didn’t feel like she “came
from nothing.” I thought about losing my
temper with Mom or Lindsay or