The definition of hillbilly elegy is saying everthing you didn't mean to the ones you love the most, yet without depising the sanctity of family. It's a lament to the death of the good old time, but also an anthem that addresses the beauty of life.
“There was a human being who was born, lived, and then, by some means or other, died. There. You may fill in the details from your own experience. As unoriginal as any other tale, as unique as any other life.”