Douglas 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?

Douglas Well it may be true to her perspective, but without the other side of the accusation, at very least, it seemed to me a tortured truth. This entire sto…moreWell it may be true to her perspective, but without the other side of the accusation, at very least, it seemed to me a tortured truth. This entire story however plausible each experience may be, it may not be true. There are too many little things missing to make it believable. It seemed to fantastic to be true. If you read this book and never considered the perspective of "the others" you are doing yourself a disservice. She ended up being everything the family is against. Wrote a book on it, tours, and talks against them. Where are they? As vengeful as they are and nothing? I watch several interviews, and unwittingly compared the inconsistencies in her references. She checks EVERY single socialist box in her writing. Do you think this might be the desperation of a person disowned by her family still confiding in her peer substitutes, longing for belonging? In the end the truth may lie somewhere off the pages of a fantastically written, Cambridge articulated, one-sided story. In short, don't believe everything you read.(less)

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