Author: Tara Westover
Genre: Memoir, Standalone
Published: 2018
Personal Rating: 4/5 (very good)
Format/Narrator: Audiobook/Julia Whelan
Yearly Count: 7
From: Goodreads:
Educated is an account of the struggle for self-invention. It is a tale of fierce family loyalty and of the grief that comes with severing the closest of ties. With the acute insight that distinguishes all great writers, Westover has crafted a universal coming-of-age story that gets to the heart of what an education is and what it offers: the perspective to see one's life through new eyes and the will to change it.
While this was reminiscent of The Glass Castle (Walls), it didn't have the same impact on me, and I'm not exactly sure why. Both women persevere and work through the life they were born into that was wrought with several forms of abuse. I suspect there's more to the stories Tara told that she wasn't/isn't aware of, because some were beyond my comprehension. I just can't see how some of it could slip by others; however, I'm aware that it does. It's just mind-boggling!
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I know what you mean. Westover's story was amazing but her writing didn't impact me the way Walls' did.
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