《Educated: A Memoir/你当像鸟飞往你的山》作者：[美]塔拉·韦斯特弗【完结】

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TARAWESTOVERgrewuppreparingfortheEndofDays,watchingforthesuntodarken,forthemoontodripasifwithblood.Shespenthersummersbottlingpeachesandherwintersrotatingemergencysupplies,hopingthatwhentheWorldofMenfailed,herfamilywouldcontinueon,unaffected.

Shehadn’tbeenregisteredforabirthcertificate.Shehadnoschoolrecordsbecauseshe’dneversetfootinaclassroom,andnomedicalrecordsbecauseherfatherdidn’tbelieveindoctorsorhospitals.Accordingtothestateandfederalgovernment,shedidn’texist.

Asshegrewolder,herfatherbecamemoreradical,andherbrother,moreviolent.AtsixteenTaradecidedtoeducateherself.HerstruggleforknowledgewouldtakeherfarfromherIdahomountains,overoceansandacrosscontinents,toHarvardandtoCambridge.Onlythenwouldshewonderifshe’dtravelledtoofar.Iftherewasstillawayhome.



EDUCATEDisanaccountofthestruggleforself-invention.Itisataleoffiercefamilyloyalty,andofthegriefthatcomeswiththeseveringoftheclosestofties.Withtheacuteinsightthatdistinguishesallgreatwriters,fromhersingularexperienceWestoverhascraftedauniversalcoming-of-agestorythatgetstotheheartofwhataneducationisandwhatitoffers:theperspectivetoseeone’slifethroughneweyes,andthewilltochangeit.