Educated

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Tara Westover’s acclaimed memoir details her journey from a childhood raised by survivalists in the mountains of Idaho to earning a PhD from Cambridge University. Kept out of school until age seventeen, Westover navigated an isolated and often violent upbringing before a quest for knowledge took her to Harvard and across continents.

This powerful narrative of self-invention explores the universal struggle between loyalty to one's family and the necessity of personal growth. Educated is a #1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, recognized as one of the most significant nonfiction works of the century.