Summary: Part A: From his harrowing childhood filled with physical and emotional abuse, to a lifetime of alcoholism and self-mutilation, psychiatric hospitalizations and misdiagnoses, to the peak of fame and success as the longest-tenured cast member of Saturday Night Live, Darrell Hammond delves into the darkest corners of his life, both in front of and behind the camera, with brutal honesty and fierce comic wit. Part B: Joan Walsh argues that America’s fundamental divide is not about political parties or ideology or even race, but about how each side believes we got here. In the book, Walsh looks back over the last several decades of American politics and culture, showing how the white working class—the class into which she herself was born and raised—has seen opportunities stagnate and decline, and the stability of the middle class disintegrat
