Educated - my review

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Educated by Tara Westover

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Amazing.

Tara Westover was raised in isolation by fundamentalist Mormon parents who lived off the grid and were constantly prepping for the End. Her far was a scrapyard owner and builder, her mom a herbalist and midwife. From this paranoid, insular upbringing she managed to escape, get an education, and deal with the contradictions of the life that her family still followed and her new life as a scholar.

This book will break your heart, make you angry, make you cheer, and make you think. It's a brilliant work that addresses both the joys and horrors of her home life and the figurative mountains she had to climb once she made it into BYU. Imagine being a freshman in college and not knowing what the word "Holocaust" meant or its historical relevance. Her difficulty in accepting that she really was this smart, and deserved opportunities is a fascinating journey.

I learned a lot reading this, and I'm very happy that Dr, Westover chose to share her story.



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