Educated: The international bestselling memoir
Feb 2018 · Random House
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THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER
A BETWEEN THE COVERS PICK
Selected as a book of the year by AMAZON, THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, NEW YORK TIMES, ECONOMIST, NEW STATESMAN, VOGUE, IRISH TIMES, IRISH EXAMINER and RED MAGAZINE
'One of the best books I have ever read . . . unbelievably moving' Elizabeth Day
'An extraordinary story, beautifully told' Louise O'Neill
'A memoir to stand alongside the classics . . . compelling and joyous' Sunday Times
Tara Westover grew up preparing for the end of the world. She was never put in school, never taken to the doctor. She did not even have a birth certificate until she was nine years old.
At sixteen, to escape her father's radicalism and a violent older brother, Tara left home. What followed was a struggle for self-invention, a journey that gets to the heart of what an education is and what it offers: the perspective to see one's life through new eyes, and the will to change it.
'It will make your heart soar' Guardian
'Jaw-dropping and inspiring, everyone should read this book' Stylist
'Absolutely superb . . . so gripping I could hardly breathe' Sophie Hannah
A BETWEEN THE COVERS PICK
Selected as a book of the year by AMAZON, THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, NEW YORK TIMES, ECONOMIST, NEW STATESMAN, VOGUE, IRISH TIMES, IRISH EXAMINER and RED MAGAZINE
'One of the best books I have ever read . . . unbelievably moving' Elizabeth Day
'An extraordinary story, beautifully told' Louise O'Neill
'A memoir to stand alongside the classics . . . compelling and joyous' Sunday Times
Tara Westover grew up preparing for the end of the world. She was never put in school, never taken to the doctor. She did not even have a birth certificate until she was nine years old.
At sixteen, to escape her father's radicalism and a violent older brother, Tara left home. What followed was a struggle for self-invention, a journey that gets to the heart of what an education is and what it offers: the perspective to see one's life through new eyes, and the will to change it.
'It will make your heart soar' Guardian
'Jaw-dropping and inspiring, everyone should read this book' Stylist
'Absolutely superb . . . so gripping I could hardly breathe' Sophie Hannah
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4.7
240 reviews
Milind Chitnis
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April 27, 2025
The story is unbelievable. That in the 21st century, in the so called most industrialised nation, there are families who refuse medical care, accept abuse and protect the abusers, just shows how "backward" they are. I think the author also has psychiatric issues which were undiagnosed. I am glad she is alive and well. A unique experience.
Alexander Fanshawe
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April 16, 2025
I am very moved by this well written account of life within a family suffering from mental illness. The author's growth and self awareness burns through the insanity of her situation. highly recommended.
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March 21, 2018
Absolutely brilliant. Heard Tara speak in an interview on an Irish radio station I don't usually listen to and her voice just made me want to know her story. Finished the ebook in a few days and the saying that truth is sometimes stranger than fiction is entirely apt. You are transported into Bucks Peak and everywhere else Tara is and I hope she writes more books.
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About the author
Tara Westover was born in rural Idaho. She studied history at Brigham Young University and upon graduation was awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. She received an MPhil in intellectual history from Trinity College, Cambridge in 2009, and a PhD in the same subject in 2014.
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