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Educated, by Tara Westover
Mar. 9th, 2019 01:05 pmWow, this is a powerful book. It's a memoir by a woman only a few years older than myself, which is weird, that I'm approaching an age that's old enough that people can already be writing memoirs by this point.
But that's not what I really care about with this book.
The author grew up in rural seclusion, raised by parents who were the sort of radical separatists who thought the Feds are out to get everyone, and that doctors and hospitals are evil, and the end times are coming, and by no means is a child to set foot in an actual school. Her family was loving, but challenging, in some extremely real and awful ways.
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All in all: a very worthwhile read, which isn't something I often say about massively popular bestsellers getting recommended by famous people.
But that's not what I really care about with this book.
The author grew up in rural seclusion, raised by parents who were the sort of radical separatists who thought the Feds are out to get everyone, and that doctors and hospitals are evil, and the end times are coming, and by no means is a child to set foot in an actual school. Her family was loving, but challenging, in some extremely real and awful ways.
( Read more... )
All in all: a very worthwhile read, which isn't something I often say about massively popular bestsellers getting recommended by famous people.
