Her story is remarkable, as each extreme anecdote described in tidy prose attests.' -The Economist 'A subtle, nuanced study of how dysfunction of any kind can be normalized even within the most conventional family structure, and of the damage such containment can do.' - Financial Times 'Whether narrating scenes of fury and violence or evoking rural landscapes or tortured self-analysis, Westover writes with uncommon intelligence and grace. Westover brings readers deep into this world, a milieu usually hidden from outsiders.

Her journey will surprise and inspire men and women alike.' - Refinery29 lyrical prose is mesmerizing, as is her personal story, growing up in a family in which girls were supposed to aspire only to become wives-and in which coveting an education was considered sinful.

★★★★ out of four.' - USA Today ' left me speechless with wonder. Her new book, Educated, is a heartbreaking, heartwarming, best-in-years memoir about striding beyond the limitations of birth and environment into a better life.

Yet it was also, she gradually sensed, deforming her.' - The Atlantic 'Tara Westover is living proof that some people are flat-out, boots-always-laced-up indomitable. In briskly paced prose, she evokes a childhood that completely defined her. a beautiful testament to the power of education to open eyes and change lives.' -Amy Chua, The New York Times Book Review 'A coming-of-age memoir reminiscent of The Glass Castle.' - O: The Oprah Magazine 'Westover's one-of-a-kind memoir is about the shaping of a mind. It's even better than you've heard.' -Bill Gates 'Heart-wrenching. Review Quotes '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 'Westover is a keen and honest guide to the difficulties of filial love, and to the enchantment of embracing a life of the mind.' - The New Yorker 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 Despite the singularity of 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 Only then would she wonder if she'd traveled too far, if there was still a way home. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. 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. It's even better than you've heard.'-Bill Gates 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: National Book Critics Circle's Award In Autobiography and John Leonard Prize For Best First Book - PEN/Jean Stein Book Award - Los Angeles Times Book Prize Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom.

About the Book 'A memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University'-īook Synopsis #1 NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER - One of the most acclaimed books of our time: an unforgettable memoir about a young woman who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University 'An amazing story, and truly inspiring.

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