Educated
Tara Westover
Educated
Tara Westover
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.
Reader Reviews
3Nina Volkov
2024-04-05
Westover's journey from an isolated mountain to Cambridge is both heartbreaking and inspiring. Her writing is unflinchingly honest.
Chris Hammond
2024-02-19
A powerful memoir about the price of education and the meaning of family. I couldn't put it down.
Fatima Al-Rashid
2023-12-15
The way Westover describes her father's paranoia and her mother's complicity is devastating. Education as liberation.