EducatedI had a difficult time in the first half of the book reading of the dominant father and the mother who was so subservient to him

Highly recommend this memoir, although it has a decent amount of rather explicit gore, so if you’re someone who has a hard time handling that stuff it might not be a great book for you.

Spoilers!Every time Tara returns to her family, it is like a horror movie scene watching the main character go down in the nightmare basement again (sometimes literally a dark basement), yet you know that’s the only way the story can keep flowing, feeding itself as you witness this fresh rehashing of terror

she was homeschooled but what I have a difficult time understanding is, she barely understands basic math and yet, clearly says to herself, as she ‘struggles’ to

Amazing to learn that all of this happened in just the last few decades when it reads like something out of a more ignorant time.

Worth your time and money!!!

It was hard to believe that she survived her childhood experiences and it is so sad that it happened in these modern times

I had a hard time putting this book down.

There were times that I felt infuriated at the lack of basic care to protect his family from harm, and ignoring the basic needs of children

I had a very difficult time dealing with the emotional and verbal abuse that she could not leave.

We all have rough times growing up but at some point you have to get away.

I loved the very personal writing style and insight into growing up in South Chicago and the personal struggles and happy times of a First Lady.

The writing is superb and the life that it portrays leaves you with "how can this happen in modern times"

I was captivated by this memoir and had a difficult time putting it down.

Remember how they slept in the tiny sleeping bunk the whole time in the semi

As I said, it was hard to read, but at the same time hard to put down

I just finished this book and am going to re-read it to see what I missed the first time.

Just about the time you think the book is finished another event is explained.that are usually mind boggling .

I had a hard time putting it down and when I had to , it was always on my mind

She is very well spoken and a very impressive first time writer

While it is not easy to read this book, I had a difficult time putting it down.

O liked the book, some times painful to reflect on.

Riveting This memoir brings and leaves its readers to the how and why -- in God's name -- question more times than sanity, morality, and religiosity can reconcile.

I had a hard time putting this book down

The first time she listens to music is heartbreaking and beautiful.

Kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time, completely entertaining

Don’t waste your time as I did by attempting to give this book a fair trial

The first time she listens to music is heartbreaking and beautiful.

The outcome is how becoming Educated, settles discrepancies that she had a hard time handling.

I often have a hard time getting into non-fiction books

Hard to believe that this took place in modern times.

A gripping and touching story that makes you wonder how a life like this could be real in modern times

Odd to realize this is still around in our modern times.

The entire time I read this all I could think of was "abuse".

Then, learning became an individual journey that the children could choose to pursue (in their free time) or not

A husband or father may facilitate a discussion and the mother or wife may do all the talking and deciding one time and vice versa another time there is a family discussion

I had a difficult time staying with this book.

She had a very hard time breaking away from a very unhealthy situation because her family’s beliefs were so deeply ingrained in her

Many times it was sad and hard to believe what happen to this family.

And time after time this book has left me shaking, with my own memories playing behind my eyes

So many times it was hard to believe these words were true and so heartbreaking and shocking it was to acknowledge what I read actually happened

Very well-written - amazing that people lived that way in modern times....as you're reading, you wished they made different decisions!

n’t put down but dread seeing it end.

n’t write another book unless she has actually freed her mind.

n’t think the author is lying (as others claim)