Educated

#1 NEW YORK TIMES,WALL STREET JOURNALAND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER ΓÇó One of the most acclaimed books of our time: an unforgettable memoir about a young woman whokept out of schoolleaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University ΓÇ£Extraordinary . . . an act of courage and self-invention.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöThe New York Times NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW ΓÇó ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMAΓÇÖS FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR ΓÇó BILL GATESΓÇÖS HOLIDAY READING LIST ΓÇó FINALIST: National Book Critics CircleΓÇÖs Award In Autobiography and John Leonard Prize For Best First Book ΓÇó PEN/Jean Stein Book Award ΓÇó Los Angeles Times Book Prize Born to survivalists in the mountains of IdahoTara 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 educationand no one to intervene when one of TaraΓÇÖs older brothers became violent. When another brother got himself into collegeTara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed hertaking her over oceans and across continentsto Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if sheΓÇÖd traveled too farif there was still a way home. ΓÇ£Beautiful and propulsive . . . Despite the singularity of [WestoverΓÇÖs] childhoodthe 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?ΓÇ¥ΓÇöVogue ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington PostO: The Oprah MagazineTimeNPRGood Morning AmericaSan Francisco ChronicleThe GuardianThe EconomistFinancial TimesNewsdayNew York PosttheSkimmRefinery29BloombergSelfReal SimpleTown & CountryBustlePastePublishers WeeklyLibrary JournalLibraryReadsBook RiotPamela PaulKQEDNew York Public Library