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| Tara's Idaho |
Dear Bookclub,
Minutes feel normal; hours pass as expected; days truncated by the dictated, ever-shortening sunlight..... the cumulate: weeks gone since the last bookclub meeting. In keeping with the forward charging December, here is a recap to guide us to the end of the year.
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| The November Cast |
Reports from Julie and Kate tell of a lively and lovely November Kate-hosted meeting. Discussion of Tara Westover's "Educated" included marveling at Tara's intelligence and courage and a focus on her abusive father and detested brother, Shaun. I felt Tara's Stockholm syndrome signaling each time Shaun appeared. A paralleled idea found in this clinical psychologist's fascinating view:
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Goali Saedi Bocci, Ph.D. |
Kate asked a good question...Why did Tara write the book? With two therapists present, discourse centered on parental neglect, parental protection, sibling dynamics, blind fervency to religion,effects of Mormonism, fundamentalism, education vs. non-education, mental illness, family dynamics etc.. Westover's story is a wealth of debatable material.
Another focus was comparing and contrasting similar books like Jeannette Wall's "Glass Castle" and Kristin Hannah's "The Great Alone". Both of these works are also built on the resiliency of the main character in the face of a severely deficient and harmful upbringing. Only "Educated" has the caveat of a surviving and fully functioning set of parents. LaRee and Valaree have their opinions about the book and also thrive with a successful business:
Logan Utah's Herald Journal News, February 23, 2018
Kate's suggestions for an upcoming selection:
"The Great Alone" Kristen Hannah
"When" Daniel Pink
"A Spark of Light" Jodi Picoult *chosen
Next up:
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Ann Tyler's "Clock Dance"
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Happy reading,
LK
LK
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