Tara Westover was born in Idaho in 1986. She received her BA from Brigham Young University in 2008 and was subsequently awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. She earned an MPhil from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 2009, and in 2010 was a visiting fellow at Harvard University. She returned to Cambridge, where she was awarded a PhD in history in 2014. Educated is her first book.
"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."--The New York
Times Book Review "Westover is a keen and honest guide to the
difficulties of filial love, and to the enchantment of embracing a
life of the mind."--The New Yorker
"An amazing story, and truly inspiring. It's even better than
you've heard."--Bill Gates "Heart-wrenching . . . a beautiful
testament to the power of education to open eyes and change
lives."--Amy Chua, The New York Times Book Review "A coming-of-age
memoir reminiscent of The Glass Castle."--O: The Oprah Magazine
"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."--The Atlantic "Tara Westover is living proof that some people
are flat-out, boots-always-laced-up indomitable. Her new book,
Educated, is a heartbreaking, heartwarming, best-in-years memoir
about striding beyond the limitations of birth and environment into
a better life. . . . ★★★★ out of four."--USA Today "[Educated] 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."--Refinery29
"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."--The Economist "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."--Financial Times "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."--Newsday
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