Seeker answers “This book is disgusting to me. I do not...”

Patricia Barry asked this question about Educated:

This book is disgusting to me. I do not understand why an educated and worldly individual would have difficulty understanding the horrible and violent upbringing that she experienced. It is unbelievable to me that she could not understand the violent situation, yet uneducated upbringing she endured. I have completely misunderstood her manner of education in a life in our country, in this country, how is this possible?

Seeker While I was reading this book I also struggled with why she kept going back home even after she had some level of education and knew (at least intelle…moreWhile I was reading this book I also struggled with why she kept going back home even after she had some level of education and knew (at least intellectually) that her family was dysfunctional and emotionally even physically damaging. I concluded that this was her struggle between love and reason. Obviously she loves her family very much. She pointed out that not all of it was bad. That each of her relatives had good points that she could focus on. This is reality. Personally I think it is natural for children (of any age) to love their parents. Most of us want a relationship with our family enough to tolerate quite a lot of conflict. In retrospect it doesn't surpise me that it took Tara that long to walk away. I think she was right to first do everything in her power to reconcile with her family. Ultimately, of course, she was right to walk away. (less)

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