The author grew up in a small town, with pit villages and big houses. He says he felt resentment towards the working class when he was young. But now that he's older, he has sympathy for anti-elitists who feel they don't get it. The book is about his experience of living on baked beans and toast at age 18.
Foreign policy and national security expert Fiona Hill is a go-to voice in Washington for understanding the longstanding tensions between the US and Russia. Her latest book, There Is Nothing For You Here, is part memoir, part reflection on how factors ranging from deindustrialisation to disenfranchisement over the course of decades have left a swathe of voters in nations such as the US, UK and Russia, open to populist policies and strongman leaders.
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