Hillbilly Elegy

That’s all I ever wanted in a mate for my
sister. Just under a year after their
wedding, Lindsay gave birth to her son,
Kameron. She was a mom, and a damn
good one at that. I was proud of her, and
I adored my new nephew. Aunt Wee also
had two small children, which gave me
three little kids to dote on. I saw all of
this as a sign of family renewal. The
summer before high school was thus a
hopeful one.
That same summer, however, Mom
announced that I’d be moving in with
Matt in his Dayton home. I liked Matt,
and by then Mom had lived in Dayton
with him for a little while. But Dayton
was a forty-five-minute drive from