Review: Educated

Educated by Tara Westover
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I was able to catch an interview session with this author on YouTube a few months ago and realized that she was the real deal. Then to experience this memoir was overwhelming. Just the unusual experience of life as a child in a secluded world, not even hearing about common, well-known, historical events, is shocking. And then, the degree of abuse and neglect that she was subjected to without ever knowing how to handle it is also incredible. In a memoir, it is always fascinating to learn about the experience other's have in life that differ from your own or that are way off the grid, but this is so beyond what most urban and suburban kids and now adults have encountered to really be incredible to imagine. The true grit and raw intelligence she had to go through the educational process and then to ultimately understand what that means for her, essentially as the change agent for herself and her potential future family, to break the cycle with her own self-will.
Beautifully done.

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