Myra 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?

Myra This book definitely re-confirmed the mantra that "everybody's got sh*t"... I was very disturbed/upset by certain events in her story but accepted the…moreThis book definitely re-confirmed the mantra that "everybody's got sh*t"... I was very disturbed/upset by certain events in her story but accepted them for what they were - her story, her truth. While most of us have never experienced anything nearly as extreme as Tara did, I do know that ALL of us have events/traumas from our own childhood that have defined who we are as adults and, even if we aren't even aware of what these things are, they lie just beneath our surface. (less)

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