Educated Book Review
Tara Westover
Westover's harrowing memoir tells of growing up in a fundamentalist family that put her in danger time and again, justified by paranoia and a loyalty to family that could contort itself to accept incredible levels of abuse. Her journey toward self-actualization meant confronting something more difficult than a junkyard injury or riding out illness without the help of medicine. It meant overcoming her belief that she could fix things if only she tried harder or was faithful enough. Blaming one's self can feel easier than questioning the entire foundation of one's life. This tendency comes from a deep-seated empathy, an empathy that allowed Westover to break out of her family's narrow worldview.
Get this book