Educated memoir- Tara Westover

[Anonymous]

I enjoyed the book because of the major themes of how a person creates an independent sense of self versus the environment they live in, and the bigger idea of what is our story of human history and who are the people who write our history. What I thought she did well was showing the internal conflict and the costs of doing so. Trying to reconcile the “truth” about her family with the story misses the point IMO. That’s why memoirs have limitations as literary works. Though this one hits some big themes beyond her personal history in a very compelling way and has more layers. And that’s why I’ll keep thinking about this book.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I enjoyed the book because of the major themes of how a person creates an independent sense of self versus the environment they live in, and the bigger idea of what is our story of human history and who are the people who write our history. What I thought she did well was showing the internal conflict and the costs of doing so. Trying to reconcile the “truth” about her family with the story misses the point IMO. That’s why memoirs have limitations as literary works. Though this one hits some big themes beyond her personal history in a very compelling way and has more layers. And that’s why I’ll keep thinking about this book.

This is a very very old thread and so is the book. Why did you dig it up?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I enjoyed the book because of the major themes of how a person creates an independent sense of self versus the environment they live in, and the bigger idea of what is our story of human history and who are the people who write our history. What I thought she did well was showing the internal conflict and the costs of doing so. Trying to reconcile the “truth” about her family with the story misses the point IMO. That’s why memoirs have limitations as literary works. Though this one hits some big themes beyond her personal history in a very compelling way and has more layers. And that’s why I’ll keep thinking about this book.

This is a very very old thread and so is the book. Why did you dig it up?

Just finished the book this am, and I like to see what others thought and share my thoughts. Books (and sometimes online forums) can be timeless in that way don’t you think?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I enjoyed the book because of the major themes of how a person creates an independent sense of self versus the environment they live in, and the bigger idea of what is our story of human history and who are the people who write our history. What I thought she did well was showing the internal conflict and the costs of doing so. Trying to reconcile the “truth” about her family with the story misses the point IMO. That’s why memoirs have limitations as literary works. Though this one hits some big themes beyond her personal history in a very compelling way and has more layers. And that’s why I’ll keep thinking about this book.

This is a very very old thread and so is the book. Why did you dig it up?

DP. 2018 is not very very old. And newsflash, the book hasn't changed since 2018. All original comments & discussion are still relevant, so yes, find the threads that discuss it to revive the discussion.