A review by a_novi
Educated by Tara Westover

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4.0

This book did an excellent job of showing the experience of religious trauma and domestic abuse. I have personally experienced domestic violence and abuse; not in the same way as this writer but I do find myself relating heavily to her. The truth is that when someone is abusive. Often times they are coddled and enabled by their loved ones (parents, spouse, etc.) and when the author tried to speak out about the abuse from her brother (that of which was witnessed by her mother) she was made out to be crazy for accusing him, even by her other sister who knew it to be true and had experienced it herself. This is the harsh truth of the dynamic between abuser and their victims and their enablers. It’s a relationship of control, fear, gaslighting, and disassociation. And often times we don’t realize how bad it was until we have left the situation. I also understand the feeling of being a first generation college student who came from an abusive home, diagnosis my parents from a textbook years later. 
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