Educated
by Tara Westover · 2018
Buy on AmazonEducated is a 2018 memoir by the American author Tara Westover. Westover recounts overcoming her survivalist Mormon family in order to go to college, and emphasizes the importance of education in enlarging her world. She details her journey from her isolated life in the mountains of Idaho to completing a PhD program in history at Cambridge University. She started college at the age of 17 having had no formal education. She explores her struggle to reconcile her desire to learn with the world she inhabited with her father.
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"An engrossing read, a fresh perspective on the power of an education."
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"What a beautifully written book. Westover is a genius."
By the Book: Abby Wambach · nytimes.com
"The book is heart-wrenching. But it's also a beautiful testament to the power of education to open eyes and change lives."
By the Book: Amy Chua · nytimes.com
"One recent favorite was "Educated," by Tara Westover. The story — and Tara's resilience — broke my heart."
By the Book: Geena Davis · nytimes.com
"Tara Westover's "Educated" is not a parenting book by any stretch of the imagination, but it says so much about raising children, for good and bad. To me, that book is worth a hundred "parenting" books."
By the Book: Michael Ian Black · nytimes.com
"I actually just finished it, and it is as phenomenal as he — and everyone else — says it is. It's an engrossing read, a fresh perspective on the power of an education."
By the Book: Michelle Obama · nytimes.com