Shauna 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?

Shauna Becoming educated was a process for her. Living in a patriarchal and fundamentalist family wherein questioning her father's beliefs was incomprehensib…moreBecoming educated was a process for her. Living in a patriarchal and fundamentalist family wherein questioning her father's beliefs was incomprehensible, and was taught that doing so would be an offense to God, how is it so difficult to see that her father's and brother's abusive behavior were obfuscated to her? I am saddened to read you find her memoir "disgusting." Her parents were her only source of information and they limited her understanding of the world. That's how her experience was possible in this country. That's one of the main points of her book.(less)

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