Rae Neill 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?

Rae Neill
The life Tara had with her family was all she knew as a child, She was attached to them in a negative manner. This is called disorganised attachment w…more
The life Tara had with her family was all she knew as a child, She was attached to them in a negative manner. This is called disorganised attachment where a child experiences a range of erratic emotional responses from their parents. Because Tara was intelligent and eventually educated herself she could then see how totally dysfunctional her family was. However there was always with her the push pull emotions between wanting a place to belong in her family and finding her own identity and pursuing her own career. (less)

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