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Educated
by Tara Westover
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Tara Westover weaves through her life and relationship with her family. To me, this book wasn't about a sort of "succumbing to the norms" or finding formal education - nor, as it states in the beginning, was it about mormonism - but about the power family can have over you, both good and bad, the complexities of it, and how it shapes you, or, in some cases, doesn't. It's about abuse, which comes in many forms, abuse of the self and abuse by others. Through it all, Tara seems to never cease to have this fire burning inside of her; through depression, through denial, through blind faith and through questions, through attempts to find ease of mind.
To me a big part of this book has read so much as an attempt to understand some of the relationships she has to the men in her life: her father, her brother. How they view women, and how they view women in their family.
And oh, man, Tara is so reflected, so smart, and so good at putting pen to paper- I mean, it only goes to show, right? This is one of those books where I've read it and I think, oh, yeah, I get it, I agree with all the praise it's gotten.
To me a big part of this book has read so much as an attempt to understand some of the relationships she has to the men in her life: her father, her brother. How they view women, and how they view women in their family.
And oh, man, Tara is so reflected, so smart, and so good at putting pen to paper- I mean, it only goes to show, right? This is one of those books where I've read it and I think, oh, yeah, I get it, I agree with all the praise it's gotten.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Car accident
Moderate: Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood