Educated: A Memoir

#1NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL,ANDBOSTON GLOBEBESTSELLER 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¡°Extraordinary . . . an act of courage and self-invention.¡±¡ªThe New York TimesNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYTHE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA¡¯S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR BILL GATES¡¯S HOLIDAY READING LIST AKIRKUS REVIEWSBEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE CENTURY FINALIST: National Book Critics Circle¡¯s Award In Autobiography and John Leonard Prize For Best First Book PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Los Angeles TimesBook PrizeBorn 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 [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¡±¡ªVogueONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: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, Book Riot,Pamela Paul, KQED, New York Public Library