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Educated was an instant #1 New York Times bestseller, and was positively reviewed by The New York Times, [ 8][ 5] The Atlantic, [ 9] USA Today, [ 10] Vogue, [ 11][ 12] The Economist, [ 13] and Literary Review, which praised Westover's writing as "crisp, persuasive and heartbreaking in its honesty." [ 14]
- Is Educated Based on A True Story?
- Is Educating Based on A True Story?
- Trouble with Extended Family and Neighbors
- Midwifery and Homeopathic Remedies
- Homeschooling
- Key Topics from Educated That Are Missing in Educating
- Religion
- Mental Illness
- Butterfly Expressions
- My Opinion
Is it all true? That’s what I really wanted to know when I agreed to read LaRee’s memoir. Like many of you, I read Tara’s memoir, Educated,a couple of years ago and re-read it right after reading LaRee’s book–in preparation for this review. To give you some perspective of the setting where both books take place and why I’m very much interested in t...
In her self-published memoir, LaRee and her husband, Val, make a point of telling us they are different, and they’re not afraid to be different. It says so in huge font on the back cover and is a pronounced theme throughout the book. They’re also proud that they don’t travel “the middle of the road,” doing things as many others do. Why do they emph...
Several chapters in the book admit the Westovers often didn’t get along with extended family and others in their community. Val was and is insistent that his beliefs and ideas are right. LaRee supports him. Much of her book repeatedly tells us what a wonderful, righteous man Val is: “One of the reasons I fell in love with Val all those years ago wa...
Five chapters are specifically devoted to these topics, in one form or another. These career choices are an important part of LaRee’s life, and she chooses to discuss them in great detail. Understandably, she wants to represent the best side of her chosen profession as a midwife. She points out that in some rural areas, midwife deliveries may be th...
LaRee attended Brigham Young University (BYU) for a time. Val also attended university. While at BYU, she began to explore the idea of home schooling while pursuing a degree in early childhood education. When she had children of her own, she first sent them to public school. Kindergarten was about 10 miles away, and it was hard for one of the first...
Tara’s written account has always bothered me from a journalistic point of view in that key discrepancies are admitted with an asterisk and tiny print at the bottom of the page. Yet her account is what’s written in the main text. It’s important to note that there are holes in her story. Sibling recollections of main events vary. It’s a fact noted i...
Both books address religion. Tara’s author note says, in part, “This story is not about Mormonism. Neither is it about any other form of religious belief.” As was noted earlier, the correct name of the religion is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The terms Mormons or Mormonismare nicknames and are not used as correct names by practi...
As an adult, while on her own, Tara seeks therapy and medication for mental illness. She is open about the fact that she struggles with it and has experienced panic attacks and has been known to sleep walk. In response to her daughter’s therapy sessions, LaRee feels there’s a “high likelihood the therapist was manipulating her memories” (p. 290). T...
According to my online research, LaRee founded her homeopathic company 22 years ago (also known as Butterfly Express) with her daughter Valaree. Per their website, “Butterfly Express, LLC manufactures, markets and sells essential oil and other products.” They have received a warning letter from the FDA that their products are not to be advertised a...
Until this point I have tried to remain objective. That is my job. But a book review, which I was asked by a family representative to do, requires an opinion. No one, based on reading these two books, will be able to discern the absolute truth about what really happened to Tara growing up. It’s a he-said, she-said finger-pointing blame game. And it...
Feb 20, 2018 · Reading Guide. Book Summary. Winner of the 2018 BookBrowse Nonfiction Award. An unforgettable memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University. Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom.
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Dec 3, 2018 · Bill Gates discusses the memoir 'Educated' with author Tara Westover whose grit propelled her from a rural Idaho upbringing to studying at Cambridge University.
Apr 21, 2020 · Here is my short list of the best books similar to Educated by Tara Westover. Unfollow by Megan Phelps-Roper; Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood; Troublemaker by Leah Remini; Books like Educated not to miss. Now that you know my tops picks for books similar to Educated, here is the full list to really pack your always growing TBR even more full.
Mar 1, 2018 · It was this dilemma that helped make J. D. Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy” a runaway best seller in 2016 — the tale of a young man who’d overcome the dysfunctions of his transplanted Appalachian...
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