Amy Chua

What did he mean? The origin story, this is actually amazing, the overlap between Hillbilly Elegy and Tiger Mom. It's kind of incredible. So exams were January of 2011, the final exams. And Wall Street Journal's story breaks January 8, 2011. My book comes out January 11, 2011. I went from being a mild-mannered, well-liked nobody to suddenly being in the middle of this global firestorm.

So like around January 13, when I was still teaching and had to monitor this final exam, I'm sitting by myself in Seattle. Again, I had bodyguards, death threats then. And I get an email from J.D. Vance. The first one's asking some boring contracts question of subcontractor A builds a house. So I answered it.

So like around January 13, when I was still teaching and had to monitor this final exam, I'm sitting by myself in Seattle. Again, I had bodyguards, death threats then. And I get an email from J.D. Vance. The first one's asking some boring contracts question of subcontractor A builds a house. So I answered it.

So like around January 13, when I was still teaching and had to monitor this final exam, I'm sitting by myself in Seattle. Again, I had bodyguards, death threats then. And I get an email from J.D. Vance. The first one's asking some boring contracts question of subcontractor A builds a house. So I answered it.

And then about three hours later, he, I think after a beer or two, he emailed and he said, I have to confess, I should be studying, but I'm just so curious about this controversy. I went to the bookstore, Barnes and Nobles, and he had no money. So he read the whole thing there. And he said, I just don't get it. Why is this controversial? And he said, at least you tried.

And then about three hours later, he, I think after a beer or two, he emailed and he said, I have to confess, I should be studying, but I'm just so curious about this controversy. I went to the bookstore, Barnes and Nobles, and he had no money. So he read the whole thing there. And he said, I just don't get it. Why is this controversial? And he said, at least you tried.

And then about three hours later, he, I think after a beer or two, he emailed and he said, I have to confess, I should be studying, but I'm just so curious about this controversy. I went to the bookstore, Barnes and Nobles, and he had no money. So he read the whole thing there. And he said, I just don't get it. Why is this controversial? And he said, at least you tried.

And then he said, he wrote, he's like, I feel a little bit bad that I might not have been totally forthcoming about my own background. It's actually a little bit more complicated. In that email, he also said, your girls are lucky. You remind me of Maymaw. And I'd never heard of Maymaw. So then he attaches this 10-page thing that is, here's my story.

And then he said, he wrote, he's like, I feel a little bit bad that I might not have been totally forthcoming about my own background. It's actually a little bit more complicated. In that email, he also said, your girls are lucky. You remind me of Maymaw. And I'd never heard of Maymaw. So then he attaches this 10-page thing that is, here's my story.

And then he said, he wrote, he's like, I feel a little bit bad that I might not have been totally forthcoming about my own background. It's actually a little bit more complicated. In that email, he also said, your girls are lucky. You remind me of Maymaw. And I'd never heard of Maymaw. So then he attaches this 10-page thing that is, here's my story.

And literally, those first 10 pages are the beginning of Hillbilly Elegy, still. They're almost like the exact same words. I think it starts like, hi, my name is J.D. Vance. And so I read those. You read these in a Seattle hotel room. In a Seattle hotel. And I wrote right back. And I just said, you have to write your own book.

And literally, those first 10 pages are the beginning of Hillbilly Elegy, still. They're almost like the exact same words. I think it starts like, hi, my name is J.D. Vance. And so I read those. You read these in a Seattle hotel room. In a Seattle hotel. And I wrote right back. And I just said, you have to write your own book.

And literally, those first 10 pages are the beginning of Hillbilly Elegy, still. They're almost like the exact same words. I think it starts like, hi, my name is J.D. Vance. And so I read those. You read these in a Seattle hotel room. In a Seattle hotel. And I wrote right back. And I just said, you have to write your own book.

And he started writing it for me that semester as a paper for the class. And we did it over three years.

And he started writing it for me that semester as a paper for the class. And we did it over three years.

And he started writing it for me that semester as a paper for the class. And we did it over three years.

So actually, Vivek was a student at the same time, but he, I never taught him. Okay, okay. So I mentored him actually a little bit later, much later actually, but I did help him with this book. I did help him with this book. He- Woke Inc. ? I remember I had 10 minutes. I was going to a dinner. I said, I have 10 minutes.

So actually, Vivek was a student at the same time, but he, I never taught him. Okay, okay. So I mentored him actually a little bit later, much later actually, but I did help him with this book. I did help him with this book. He- Woke Inc. ? I remember I had 10 minutes. I was going to a dinner. I said, I have 10 minutes.

So actually, Vivek was a student at the same time, but he, I never taught him. Okay, okay. So I mentored him actually a little bit later, much later actually, but I did help him with this book. I did help him with this book. He- Woke Inc. ? I remember I had 10 minutes. I was going to a dinner. I said, I have 10 minutes.

And he said, you know, I've been really successful in this, but I'm really worried about the direction of the country. I want to move into the public service. And to do that, I want to write a book. I'm thinking of a memoir. Because he said, because JD, like JD. And I just said, and I remember just, I am a very straight shooter. I just said,