Saturday, December 8, 2018

Educated by Tara Westover

I heard Tara Westover interviewed on the NY Times Book Review podcast and knew I had to read the book.  It was a powerful and gripping interview - and a powerful and gripping and VERY disturbing book.  I am glad I read it, in spite of the fact that this TRUE story was so upsetting. I can't quite say uplifting in the end, even though Tara is a PhD from Cambridge.  I think she is still haunted by her past and always will be. But her escape is established by the end of the book and it seems likely that she will survive and thrive but with scars for life (physical ones, too.)
What a book!

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