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DieAReader
Educated: A Memoir | Tara Westover
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5⭐️

So many emotions. So very happy I‘ve read it.

CoverToCoverGirl It‘s on my shelf somewhere. 6d
DieAReader @CoverToCoverGirl 🤓Such a powerful story💕 6d
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TheBookgeekFrau
Becoming Sister Wives: The Story of an Unconventional Marriage | Janelle Brown, Kody Brown, Meri Brown, Christine Brown, Robyn Brown
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My daughter and I binged Sister Wives last year when she and my granddaughter were living with us. It was a great nightly ritual for us to unwind together after busy days. Since Christine's book just came out, I figured I'd start at the beginning before reading it.

Prairiegirl_reading Christine‘s book is pretty good! 1w
TheBookgeekFrau @Prairiegirl_reading Good to know! This one is good, too. A lot of stuff from the show, with a bit of a deeper look into the start of the family. 1w
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LiseWorks
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#CharacterCharm Prophet Wow! I never really heard this song before, lol. And I love queen. Really love the voices with no instruments. @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs I‘ve not heard it either 👏🏻👏🏻 1mo
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Chelsea.Poole
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This memoir slipped through the cracks over the years, finally getting around to it. It is just as heartbreaking, maddening, and unsettling as all the reviews promised. The author grew up in the LeBaron faction of the fundamentalist LDS community in Mexico, as the 39th child of her father‘s 42 children. Her mother was quickly remarried after the murder (!) of her father which put Ruth and siblings in another horrible situation. Abuse and neglect.

TheBookHippie I still think about this book. 3mo
TheBookHippie @JenReadsAlot so many young women trapped. 3mo
Suet624 This book blew my mind. 2mo
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twinkletoes74
Educated: A Memoir | Tara Westover
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Mehso-so

Tara Westover and her family grew up preparing for the End of Days, but,according to the government,she didn't exist.She hadn't been registered for a birth certificate.She had no school records because she'd never set foot in a classroom,and no medical records because her father didn't believe in hospitals. At 16, Tara knew she had to leave home.

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bookandbedandtea
The 19th Wife | David Ebershoff
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This was good but was too long; both narratives felt too drawn out but the unusual format was intriguing. It was heartbreaking to consider the stories of women and girls forced into plural marriages and the effect it had on the children (and surplus boys) as well. Both timelines were interesting but I felt that the story of Jordan and his mother could have been fleshed out more.
Between a pick and a so-so.

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bookandbedandtea
The 19th Wife | David Ebershoff
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It's a chilly morning for porch reading, but, as always, it's making me happy. Our road trip was fun but there's no place like home! I started this while we were in Moab, as I wanted to read something set in Utah, and I'm still plugging along.

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BkClubCare
Educated: A Memoir | Tara Westover
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A friend recovering from surgery asked me to pick up some audiobooks from the library - my choice! I have read Educated and the Doerr (no idea if she has) - does anyone want to chime in support for the other two? I have Born a Crime on hold - which is my favorite audio of all time that I recommend. Photo to help me remember! (Otherwise, slim pickings.

ChaoticMissAdventures I adore Ashley C Ford. Her memoir is a bit tough topic wise but really important stuff and her writing is gorgeous. I have heard she is working on a spin off documentary on it from Netflix with other women who grew up similarly (father in prison, mom not always good, growing up Black in America) 4mo
BkClubCare @ChaoticMissAdventures - Thank you 😊 I believe I followed her way back when I was on Twitter. So her name caught my eye. Otherwise, the library has a bunch of pop lit of the kind that I steer clear. 4mo
ErikasMindfulShelf I loved Of Women and Salt 4mo
BkClubCare @ErikasMindfulShelf - thank you ! ☺️ 4mo
Christine Another vote in favor of Ashley C. Ford‘s book (and of anything else she does ever)! 4mo
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