by Tara Westover · ISBN 9781786330512
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Born in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover grew up in a fundamentalist Mormon household, without schooling or medical care. At seventeen, Tara sets foot in a classroom for the first time and discovers a new world through education. This book narrates her journey from ignorance and isolation to earning a degree at Cambridge, exploring transformation, betrayal, and the power of education to change life and break family ties. An extraordinary story about the possibility of seeing life through other eyes and changing, which has become a resounding editorial success.
Tara Westover is an American memoirist, essayist and historian. Her memoir Educated (2018) debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times bestseller list and was a finalist for a number of national awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, PEN America's Jean Stein Book Award, and two awards from the National Book Critics Circle Award. The New York Times ranked Educated as one of the 10 Best Books of 2018. Westover was chosen by Time as one of the 100 most influential people of 2019.
