Nonfiction November 2022 Week 3: Stranger Than Fiction!!

Educated was published in 2018 – not that long ago.

Reading it was a case of me reminding myself this a real story, this is a person’s life.

Because, frankly it was so hard to believe in the “2000” this could actually be a reality for someone.

I don’t want to give the story away.

Imagine being homeschooled – but not really having any education.

Not having a birth certificate until the age of 9.

Parents that were not keen on hospitals, to the point that they would treat serious illnesses and even life-threatening accidents at home.

Girls don’t need to be educated.

From effectively zero education to being able to get to Cambridge – intrigued me to read the book.

OMG, OMG, OMG, when I started to read it, the picture I had in my mind, of what the story might be! Well, I was extremely wrong. Honestly, you just can’t imagine – well I could not.

This is a memoir and not fiction – was the constant reminder to myself.

I wrote a blog post on Educated if you want to read my thoughts.