I'm standing on the red railway car that sits abandoned next to the barn. The wind soars, whipping my hair across my face and pushing a chill down the open neck of my shirt. The gales are strong this close to the mountain, as if the peak itself is exhaling.
Educated ~ by Tara Westover, 2018, memoir (Idaho), 336 pages
Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara’s older brothers became violent. When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if she’d traveled too far, if there was still a way home.
I've heard lots of good things about this book, and now I've found it on Donna's Kindle.
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This could be an interesting book. I hope you enjoy. That opening certainly pulls you into the scene.
ReplyDeleteThis book is no easy read, but gosh - it really is very good. A lot of food for thought.
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy it Bonnie. Not that 'enjoy' is a fitting word either. I hope it intrigues you as much as it did me!
Have a good weekend.
Elza Reads
I read this one for book club and couldn't stop talking about it for weeks/months afterwards. SO much to digest.
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