{"product_id":"educated-a-memoir","title":"Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, \u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eBOSTON GLOBE\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Extraordinary . . . an act of courage and self-invention.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e - ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR - BILL GATES'S HOLIDAY READING LIST - A \u003ci\u003eKIRKUS REVIEWS \u003c\/i\u003eBEST 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 - \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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?\"--\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, O: The Oprah Magazine, Time, \u003c\/i\u003e NPR, \u003ci\u003eGood Morning America, San Francisco Chronicle, The Guardian, The Economist, Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Newsday, New York Post, theSkimm, Refinery29, Bloomberg, Self, Real Simple, Town \u0026amp; Country, Bustle, Paste, Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Library Journal, LibraryReads, Book Riot, \u003c\/i\u003e Pamela Paul, KQED, New York Public Library\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Westover is a keen and honest guide to the difficulties of filial love, and to the enchantment of embracing a life of the mind.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Heart-wrenching . . . a beautiful testament to the power of education to open eyes and change lives.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e--Amy Chua,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A coming-of-age memoir reminiscent of \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Castle.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Westover's one-of-a-kind memoir is about the shaping of a mind. . . . In briskly paced prose, she evokes a childhood that completely defined her. Yet it was also, she gradually sensed, deforming her.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Tara Westover is living proof that some people are flat-out, boots-always-laced-up indomitable. Her new book, \u003ci\u003eEducated, \u003c\/i\u003eis a heartbreaking, heartwarming, best-in-years memoir about striding beyond the limitations of birth and environment into a better life. . . . ★★★★ out of four.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[ \u003ci\u003eEducated\u003c\/i\u003e] left me speechless with wonder. [Westover's] 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. Her journey will surprise and inspire men and women alike.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e--\u003ci\u003eRefinery29\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Riveting . . . Westover brings readers deep into this world, a milieu usually hidden from outsiders. . . . Her story is remarkable, as each extreme anecdote described in tidy prose attests.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e--\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Whether narrating scenes of fury and violence or evoking rural landscapes or tortured self-analysis, Westover writes with uncommon intelligence and grace. . . . One of the most improbable and fascinating journeys I've read in recent years.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Newsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTara Westover\u003c\/b\u003e is an American historian and memoirist. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eEducated\u003c\/i\u003e, debuted at #1 on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller list and remained on the list, in hardcover, for more than two years. The book, a memoir of her upbringing in rural Idaho, was a finalist for a number of national awards, including the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize, the PEN\/Jean Stein Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. To date it has been translated into more than forty-five languages. \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e named \u003ci\u003eEducated\u003c\/i\u003e one of the 10 Best Books of 2018, and the American Booksellers Association voted \u003ci\u003eEducated\u003c\/i\u003e the Nonfiction Book of the Year. For her staggering impact, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e named Westover one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2019. Westover holds a PhD in intellectual history from Trinity College, Cambridge, and in 2019 she was the Rosenthal Writer in Residence at Harvard University. 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