| Title | : | Educated / Where the Crawdads Sing |
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| ISBN | : | 9123893656 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9789123893652 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | - |
Educated Tara Westover, Where the Crawdads Sing [Hardcover] 2 Books Collection Set:
Educated Tara Westover:
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.As she grew older, her father became more radical and her brother more violent. At sixteen, Tara knew she had to leave home. In doing so she discovered both the transformative power of education, and the price she had to pay for it.
Where the Crawdads Sing:
For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life - until the unthinkable happens.
Educated / Where the Crawdads Sing Reviews
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Truly a great read from cover to cover. This book is inspiring to anyone who picks it up. Through all the struggles and pain she went through she kept going on.
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Tellement prévisible, romantique à l’excès. Je ne l’ai pas fini fatiguée de tant de niaiseries
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Really enjoyed this book! Very vivid writing made the book come alive. The ending was perfect.
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Spirited writing that leads an incredible tale of a hero. I was surprised at several passages. Which was highly enjoyable.
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“My life was narrated for me by others. Their voices were forceful, emphatic, absolute. It had never occurred to me that my voice might be as strong as theirs.” —
This quote has stayed with me long after I closed the book.
This book produced mixed emotions in me. Disgusted. Angry. Suspicious. Inspired. Motivated. Relieved. I put down the book several times, and told myself that I will never pick it up again, only to go back to it.
Tara Westover's memoir is a canvas of blind faith and loyalty, ignorance of overwhelming proportions, and the insane desire to turn it all around. Whoa!
Brought up in the mountains of Idaho, by Mormon parents who believed neither in schools, nor in hospitals, Tara has a ringside view of life at the crudest. There are experiences that she and her siblings go through, that make you feel that they are more the exaggeration rather than the reality. Or, better still, childhood memories that have lost their sheen of truth. That said, one cannot take away the credit due to Tara for her grit and determination to turn her life around when she steps into school for the first time, at the age of 17.
The writing shines like a lone star on a black night, especially the parts when she is torn between the desire to deep dive into her academia and her sense of duty to her parents.
Saying anything more will give away the gems in the memoir. Read it to befriend gritty souls like Tara. They are scarce. -
Where the Crawdad's Sing #368 pages or 12 hours 12 min. Delia Owens is a Zoologist that wrote this historical fiction mystery book. It's about a young woman named Kya, (coming of age) who's left to raise herself in the marshes of North Carolina when her family abandons her at a young age.
Owens are connected to a real-life murder mystery from 1995, when she and her then-husband, Mark Owens, were doing conservation work in Zambia.
I spent 6 years of my military childhood living in Southern Georgia/Florida/South Carolina with swamps, alligators, water moccasins, wild boar, and the Georgia gnats. I remember a school field trip to Okefanokee Swamp. I loved sweet iced tea and boiled peanuts. Our lunch was grits, fried shrimp, and fried okra. All my best friends were of color and those were some of my best and worst memories.
https://youtu.be/r9KKzX6j9G8
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Enthralling and heart rendering, a story that everyone should read, the life of Tara Westover is an inspiration to all who have a difficult family life. Her childhood was filled with the challenges of parents with a mental illness that drove them to concealment of their abuse but also with love and loyalty to ones own. Her life is a mixture of the triumph of determination and the anguish of loss.
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Both books, Where the Crawdads Sing and Educated are excellent books.
Both personal journey stories of a young woman. One fiction. One fact!
My editor asked me to read both books, as comparables to mine.
So we will see?
While I see some similarities, I see lots of differences as well.
Blessings,
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Am I the only who wasn’t completely in love with Educated? It was fine. Its a interesting and very hard story but I thought it was just okay. Im glad I read it but will I read it again? Definitely not.
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نسخه ی ترجمه شده را خواندم . به نظرم بهتر بود تارا وستور از یک نویستده درخواست می کرد تا کتاب را برایش بنویسد . شاید با هنر نویستدگی اش باعث میشد کتاب جذاب و خواندنی تر شود. در کل کتاب و دوست نداشتم .
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One of the best books I've ever read.
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Excellent story, well told. Great descriptive narrative.
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An amazing book. This is a re-read for a book club - don't know why it wasn't on my list from before. So many questions.
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