Educated: A Memoir

This story is raw and upsetting and nuanced and I inhaled it almost in one piece.

It's a story about a family disturbed by religious fanaticism but mainly abuse, both emotional and physical, the descriptions of which can be hard to read at times due to the detailed accounts, but it's worth it. The book talks well of the nuances and shifts in the workings of such a family and the people in it are definitely not black and white, we see the horrible people do nice things as well and vica versa which makes it easy to put ourselves into the protagonists shoes.

I've read one other reviewer writing that perhaps Tara should have waited before writing her book as the story she told feels kind of unfinished and more of her way of working through her trauma. I agree, the ending kind of lacks a certain closing quality, But as it's a memoir and not a piece of fiction, that's understandable and the story itself is so strong and vivid and draws you in, that I decided to give it 5 stars nevertheless.
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