Educated: A Memoir

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#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&“Extraordinary . . . an act of courage and self-invention.&”—The New York TimesNAMED 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 • A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST 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 Times Book 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?&”—VogueONE 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
Copyright:
2018

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
352 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780399590511
Related ISBNs:
9780399590504, 9780399590528, 9780525528050, 9780525528067, 9780525528074, 9780525528081, 9780525589983, 9780593105320
Publisher:
Random House Publishing Group
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Copyrighted By:
Second Sally, Ltd.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality
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Bookshare Staff
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