Last post of crapalachia

I think the moral of the story is that the author wanted to show readers how growing up in a small town with a big family was like. It seemed like Scott had a traditional way of how his family did things, whom all lived in the same exact town and neighborhood. There was no change between the families and how they did thing, except for a couple of members that moved away. What was also "traditional" and ironic were that most of his family members committed suicide. I don't why death was a broad topic in his writing and why most of them chose their death date. In my opinion, I found the book interesting because of how his style of writing was and how his family were towards things out of the norm.