Westover, Tara

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9/10/2021
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Super kniha. Téměř by se nechtělo věřit, že je to životopis a ze současné Ameriky. Autorka zde odkrývá, jak se ji postupně vytvářel pohled na svět a jak se postupně měnil její pohled na svět a lidi kolem sebe. Popisuje jak na sebe může narážet realita a přesvědčení různých skupin lidí. Když jako malá vyrůstala a byla vzdělávána doma rodiči. Nakonec se rozhodla studovat. Přes různé obtíž... číst celée uspěla a nakonec vystudovala na univerzitě v Cambridge. Velmi čtivé, strhující vyprávění osobního příběhu mladé autorky.
20/01/2020
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Raw, intense and honest; Educated is engaging retelling of an extraordinary upbringing. I could feel from every word, from every sentence how personal and authentic this tale was. It has been a long time since I read such a straightforward and shocking yet gripping and powerful book.

Untraditional childhood with no birth certificate or public school, being sheltered from worl... číst celéd happenings and having almost zero knowledge of history, dealing with volatile family and their unconventional lifestyle... I couldn’t stop reading once Tara’s sheltered world clashed with the world out there when she entered school for the first time at the age of seventeen. Author didn’t take any shortcuts while writing her memoir and I ate it all up.

For a debut, Educated has not only engaging content but also surprisingly beautiful prose. The writing flows easily and makes this book readable in the best way possible. I’m not sure if this book was a one time thing or not, but Tara Westover is definitely and author to look out for and I truly hope she tries her hand at writing a fiction as well.

I rarely read memoirs, mainly because I struggle with the lack of storytelling in them since memoirs are usually full of only-telling-no-showing writing style. However, this memoir reads like a novel and the fact that it describes real events only strengthens the reading experience. So even if you are strictly a novel reader like me, I wholeheartedly recommend this book to you even though it is a nonfictional one. You won’t regret it!
31/12/2019