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Ein Buch über Selbstbestimmung und Freiheit 🌞
Tara Westovers Memoir "Educated" ist eine beeindruckende und erschütternde Lebensgeschichte über Bildung, Selbstbestimmung und den schwierigen Bruch mit der eigenen Vergangenheit. Aufgewachsen in einer extrem religiösen (Mormonen), abgeschotteten Familie in den Bergen Idahos, besucht Westover keine Schule, erfährt keine medizinische Versorgung und wächst mit der Überzeugung auf, dass die Regierung und das Bildungssystem gefährlich sind. Trotz aller Widerstände schafft sie es, sich selbst zu bilden und schließlich an die renommiertesten Universitäten der Welt – Cambridge und Harvard – zu gelangen. Das Buch ist mitreißend und fesselnd geschrieben, oft so intensiv, dass es wie ein Roman wirkt. Westovers Erzählstil ist reflektiert und emotional eindringlich, wodurch man tief in ihre Gedanken- und Gefühlswelt eintauchen kann. Besonders stark ist die Auseinandersetzung mit Identität und der Frage, wie viel man von seiner Herkunft hinter sich lassen kann, ohne sich selbst zu verlieren. Ein kleiner Kritikpunkt ist, dass einige Passagen durch die subjektive Perspektive der Autorin verzerrt wirken könnten. Allerdings muss man auch an der Stelle sagen, dass sie das ziemlich reflektiert schildert und im Buch erwähnt, dass das Erinnerungen ihrer jüngsten Zeit ist und von ihrem Bruder. Erinnerungen können verzerren. Das war ziemlich ehrlich von ihr.
This book had me in its grip for the better part of two days. Westover puts her perspective of a survivalist upbringing in the mountains of Idaho in a powerful narrative on family, loyalty, estrangment and education. Moreover she does make a point in showing that to have your own point of view you need access to different ones.
This book was very hard to read - or rather to stomach. Keep in mind trigger warnings before reading it. It would have impacted me even more if I had read it physically instead of the audiobook (even though it was very good, Julia Whelan might be my favorite narrator ever). It feels wrong to write a review about someones life story and you can't really speak about "loving" this book given the difficult things that are talked about. What I can say is that I liked the writing and I will think about it for a long time. It inspired me and in some way even educated me as I've never read about Mormonism and have never thought about family like Taras even existing (which is very narrow-minded and privileged of me). Given the various opinons in other reviews I wasn't sure if I really want to read this one for the last few months, but I'm glad I did. I already had to tell several other people and talk with them about it and that is not something I do very often. Trigger warnings: physical and emotional abuse, slightly graphic descriptions about severe injuries, mental illness
“You can love someone and still choose to say goodbye to them,” she says now. “You can miss a person every day, and still be glad that they are no longer in your life.” After I'm Glad My Mom Died I was looking for another memoir and Educated seemed to be quite similar in terms of themes and vibes. Again, this is a story that shows how sometimes our parents, the people you would expect to only want the best for you, might achieve the total opposite. Tara Westover cuts ties with her fundamentalist, survalist family with the goal to get a university education. We learn about her upbringing through "home school" and her hunger for knowledge. This book definitely made me realise once again how privileged I am here in Europe with our mandatory school education. The book also highlights the emotional struggles that come before the decision of cutting ties with your family and letting go of abusive relationships. The story of Tara definitely touched me, even though I wasn't super impressed with her writing (she might be an amazing academic writer, but her prose lacked something). And I am also left wondering about how accurate this book is. There were some footnotes included, especially in her retellings of her childhood, where she pointed out that other family members had different memories about certain events. So there is definitely a seed of doubt in my mind. I feel like some explanations are missing, if by accident or on purpose, we will never know for sure.
Wundervoll inspirierend!
4.5* In Educated beschreibt Tara Westover ihre Kindheit in einer sehr religiösen fundamentalistischen Familie die nicht an Bildung glaubte und wie sie es dennoch schaffte zu studieren und ihren eigenen Weg zu gehen. Während Tara Westovers Geschichte wirklich inspirierend ist, ist sie doch teilweise hart zu lesen. Ihre Kindheit ist alles andere als einfach, anstatt zur Schule zu gehen helfen die Kinder zu Hause, denn der Vater traut dem öffentlichen Schulwesen nicht. Genauso wenig traut er Ärzten und so wird alles zu Hause behandelt, selbst teilweise schwere Verletzungen nach Unfällen. Das Buch ist wirklich toll geschrieben und ich fand es faszinierend zu lesen wie sich für Tara Westover durch ihren Entscheid zu studieren eine ganz neue Welt aufgetan hat. Dabei wird aber auch klar, dass dies nicht einfach war für sie, denn sie beschreibt auch gut wie viel ihr ihre Familie trotz allem bedeutet und wie schwierig es für sie war sich gegen sie zu stellen. Insgesamt eine wirklich inspirierende Geschichte, die zeigt welchen Effekt Bildung haben kann.
...just read it.
This book was very hard to read - or rather to stomach. Keep in mind trigger warnings before reading it. It would have impacted me even more if I had read it physically instead of the audiobook (even though it was very good, Julia Whelan might be my favorite narrator ever). It feels wrong to write a review about someones life story and you can't really speak about "loving" this book given the difficult things that are talked about. What I can say is that I liked the writing and I will think about it for a long time. It inspired me and in some way even educated me as I've never read about Mormonism and have never thought about family like Taras even existing (which is very narrow-minded and privileged of me). Given the various opinons in other reviews I wasn't sure if I really want to read this one for the last few months, but I'm glad I did. I already had to tell several other people and talk with them about it and that is not something I do very often. Trigger warnings: physical and emotional abuse, slightly graphic descriptions about severe injuries, mental illness
„what a person knows about the past is limited, and will always be limited, to what they are told by others.”
This is a crazy, thought-provoking ride and very rough to get through. It’s honestly shocking that none of these children have died. I highly recommend listening to Tara Westover‘s singing as well, it’s very touching.
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Ein Buch über Selbstbestimmung und Freiheit 🌞
Tara Westovers Memoir "Educated" ist eine beeindruckende und erschütternde Lebensgeschichte über Bildung, Selbstbestimmung und den schwierigen Bruch mit der eigenen Vergangenheit. Aufgewachsen in einer extrem religiösen (Mormonen), abgeschotteten Familie in den Bergen Idahos, besucht Westover keine Schule, erfährt keine medizinische Versorgung und wächst mit der Überzeugung auf, dass die Regierung und das Bildungssystem gefährlich sind. Trotz aller Widerstände schafft sie es, sich selbst zu bilden und schließlich an die renommiertesten Universitäten der Welt – Cambridge und Harvard – zu gelangen. Das Buch ist mitreißend und fesselnd geschrieben, oft so intensiv, dass es wie ein Roman wirkt. Westovers Erzählstil ist reflektiert und emotional eindringlich, wodurch man tief in ihre Gedanken- und Gefühlswelt eintauchen kann. Besonders stark ist die Auseinandersetzung mit Identität und der Frage, wie viel man von seiner Herkunft hinter sich lassen kann, ohne sich selbst zu verlieren. Ein kleiner Kritikpunkt ist, dass einige Passagen durch die subjektive Perspektive der Autorin verzerrt wirken könnten. Allerdings muss man auch an der Stelle sagen, dass sie das ziemlich reflektiert schildert und im Buch erwähnt, dass das Erinnerungen ihrer jüngsten Zeit ist und von ihrem Bruder. Erinnerungen können verzerren. Das war ziemlich ehrlich von ihr.
This book had me in its grip for the better part of two days. Westover puts her perspective of a survivalist upbringing in the mountains of Idaho in a powerful narrative on family, loyalty, estrangment and education. Moreover she does make a point in showing that to have your own point of view you need access to different ones.
This book was very hard to read - or rather to stomach. Keep in mind trigger warnings before reading it. It would have impacted me even more if I had read it physically instead of the audiobook (even though it was very good, Julia Whelan might be my favorite narrator ever). It feels wrong to write a review about someones life story and you can't really speak about "loving" this book given the difficult things that are talked about. What I can say is that I liked the writing and I will think about it for a long time. It inspired me and in some way even educated me as I've never read about Mormonism and have never thought about family like Taras even existing (which is very narrow-minded and privileged of me). Given the various opinons in other reviews I wasn't sure if I really want to read this one for the last few months, but I'm glad I did. I already had to tell several other people and talk with them about it and that is not something I do very often. Trigger warnings: physical and emotional abuse, slightly graphic descriptions about severe injuries, mental illness
“You can love someone and still choose to say goodbye to them,” she says now. “You can miss a person every day, and still be glad that they are no longer in your life.” After I'm Glad My Mom Died I was looking for another memoir and Educated seemed to be quite similar in terms of themes and vibes. Again, this is a story that shows how sometimes our parents, the people you would expect to only want the best for you, might achieve the total opposite. Tara Westover cuts ties with her fundamentalist, survalist family with the goal to get a university education. We learn about her upbringing through "home school" and her hunger for knowledge. This book definitely made me realise once again how privileged I am here in Europe with our mandatory school education. The book also highlights the emotional struggles that come before the decision of cutting ties with your family and letting go of abusive relationships. The story of Tara definitely touched me, even though I wasn't super impressed with her writing (she might be an amazing academic writer, but her prose lacked something). And I am also left wondering about how accurate this book is. There were some footnotes included, especially in her retellings of her childhood, where she pointed out that other family members had different memories about certain events. So there is definitely a seed of doubt in my mind. I feel like some explanations are missing, if by accident or on purpose, we will never know for sure.
Wundervoll inspirierend!
4.5* In Educated beschreibt Tara Westover ihre Kindheit in einer sehr religiösen fundamentalistischen Familie die nicht an Bildung glaubte und wie sie es dennoch schaffte zu studieren und ihren eigenen Weg zu gehen. Während Tara Westovers Geschichte wirklich inspirierend ist, ist sie doch teilweise hart zu lesen. Ihre Kindheit ist alles andere als einfach, anstatt zur Schule zu gehen helfen die Kinder zu Hause, denn der Vater traut dem öffentlichen Schulwesen nicht. Genauso wenig traut er Ärzten und so wird alles zu Hause behandelt, selbst teilweise schwere Verletzungen nach Unfällen. Das Buch ist wirklich toll geschrieben und ich fand es faszinierend zu lesen wie sich für Tara Westover durch ihren Entscheid zu studieren eine ganz neue Welt aufgetan hat. Dabei wird aber auch klar, dass dies nicht einfach war für sie, denn sie beschreibt auch gut wie viel ihr ihre Familie trotz allem bedeutet und wie schwierig es für sie war sich gegen sie zu stellen. Insgesamt eine wirklich inspirierende Geschichte, die zeigt welchen Effekt Bildung haben kann.
...just read it.
This book was very hard to read - or rather to stomach. Keep in mind trigger warnings before reading it. It would have impacted me even more if I had read it physically instead of the audiobook (even though it was very good, Julia Whelan might be my favorite narrator ever). It feels wrong to write a review about someones life story and you can't really speak about "loving" this book given the difficult things that are talked about. What I can say is that I liked the writing and I will think about it for a long time. It inspired me and in some way even educated me as I've never read about Mormonism and have never thought about family like Taras even existing (which is very narrow-minded and privileged of me). Given the various opinons in other reviews I wasn't sure if I really want to read this one for the last few months, but I'm glad I did. I already had to tell several other people and talk with them about it and that is not something I do very often. Trigger warnings: physical and emotional abuse, slightly graphic descriptions about severe injuries, mental illness
„what a person knows about the past is limited, and will always be limited, to what they are told by others.”
This is a crazy, thought-provoking ride and very rough to get through. It’s honestly shocking that none of these children have died. I highly recommend listening to Tara Westover‘s singing as well, it’s very touching.