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#1 NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER - NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW - ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR - BILL GATES'S HOLIDAY READING LIST - FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE'S AWARD IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY - FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE'S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOK - FINALIST FOR THE PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post - O: The Oprah Magazine - Time - NPR - Good Morning America - San Francisco Chronicle - The Guardian - The Economist - Financial Times - Newsday - New York Post - theSkimm - Refinery29 - Bloomberg - Self - Real Simple - Town & Country - Bustle - Paste - Publishers Weekly - Library Journal - LibraryReads - BookRiot - Pamela Paul, KQED - New York Public Library An unforgettable memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University
Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara's older brothers became violent. When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if she'd traveled too far, if there was still a way home.
"Beautiful and propulsive . . . Despite the singularity of Tara Westover's] childhood, the questions her book poses are universal: How much of ourselves should we give to those we love? And how much must we betray them to grow up?"--Vogue "Westover has somehow managed not only to capture her unsurpassably exceptional upbringing, but to make her current situation seem not so exceptional at all, and resonant for many others."--The New York Times Book Review
Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara's older brothers became violent. When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if she'd traveled too far, if there was still a way home.
"Beautiful and propulsive . . . Despite the singularity of Tara Westover's] childhood, the questions her book poses are universal: How much of ourselves should we give to those we love? And how much must we betray them to grow up?"--Vogue "Westover has somehow managed not only to capture her unsurpassably exceptional upbringing, but to make her current situation seem not so exceptional at all, and resonant for many others."--The New York Times Book Review
- Format: Hardcover
- Author: Westover, Tara
- ISBN: 9780399590504
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 9.30 x 1.20
- Number Of Pages: 352
- Publication Year: 2018
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From 'prepper' to PhD
Rachel A. - 2 years 4 months agoAs other children sat in classrooms and practiced equations, Tara Westover salvaged scarp metal in a perilous junkyard with her father. As students joined athletics and choir, Westover assisted in home births and blended herbal remedies with her mother. Tara and her siblings never attended public school. They never went to the hospital, even when seriously burned or injured. As far as the government and outside world were concerned, Tara and her siblings didn't exist. Educated is the memoir of Tara Westover, a young woman raised in a family of preppers - people who are preparing for the end of the world. She transforms from an abused and uneducated girl to an author and international scholar. Her journey is inspirational and unfathomable. Fans of Wild and The Glass Castle will find Westover's memoir riveting from start to finish.
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Absolutely loved it!
Susan B. - 4 years 7 months agoI absolutely loved it. What a life she had growing up, I can't believe she survived. I would recommend it to everyone.
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Mental Illness, religion, isolation and extreme politics, survivalism, paranoia
Joe S. - 5 years 3 months agoReally personal story about mental illness and how it affects the family. It really so honest and amazing that the author survived this family environment.
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Educated
Aura Marina H. - 6 years agoVery interesting read. Shocking at times, yet was unable to put it down. Recommended! #bannedbook
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Loved it
Amy D. - 6 years agoI loved this book! Combined religion and psychology-two of my favorite topics. It's a must read because you cannot even imagine Westover's life! #bannedbook