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Educated
by Tara Westover
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
First, this audiobook was incredibly well-narrated by Julia Whelan. Whelan did a fantastic job demonstrating the tone and highly emotional content of this memoir. I will absolutely be on the lookout for more memoirs narrated by her.
This story was heart-wrenching but also inspiring and very insightful. Westover had a highly challenging life growing up and even through her early 20’s. She went through a lot of family hardships, to say the least, and came out on the other side with a seemingly untenable resilience and still a positive outlook on life.
Be prepared to read this in short bursts, as the content can be considerably hard to process. The story deserves time and brain power to understand that this is the retelling of real lives and memories of real people, not just a fictional horror.
This story was heart-wrenching but also inspiring and very insightful. Westover had a highly challenging life growing up and even through her early 20’s. She went through a lot of family hardships, to say the least, and came out on the other side with a seemingly untenable resilience and still a positive outlook on life.
Be prepared to read this in short bursts, as the content can be considerably hard to process. The story deserves time and brain power to understand that this is the retelling of real lives and memories of real people, not just a fictional horror.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Religious bigotry
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Medical content
Minor: Mental illness