Written by Tana Fye
Educated
Borrowed from library using Libby app.
I’ve looked forward to reading this for quite some time. I didn’t really have a good sense of what it was about before I started reading, other than that it was a memoir and those I know who’d read it before recommended it. Westover grew up in a home with mental illness mixed with religious extremism, an unhealthy fear of the government, and physical and emotional abuse. She was not educated as a child, and lived a very dysfunctional life. But in her teens, she decided that she wants to attend college and is accepted into BYU. Once at BYU she struggled with reconciling the life that her family lead with that of the outside world, and figuring out where she belonged. There are so many moments in the book where my heart just ached for her, and where (especially because of my work in child welfare law) I was appalled at the lack of help and intervention. This is a book that made me think a lot. It was painful to read, but oh so powerful. I think it’s a must read for everyone.