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Tara Westover is an American writer. Born in rural Idaho into a Mormon survivalist family, she spent her childhood almost entirely isolated from the outside world. Since her father didn’t believe in schools, Westover didn’t have a chance to even visit one until she was in her late teens. Even so, she managed to earn a Ph.D. from Cambridge University. “Educated,” her first book, tells her story.

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Educated

Tara Westover

“Educated” is the memoir of American writer Tara Westover. A gripping read, the book chronicles Westover’s unconventional educational journey as a child of Mormon survivalist parents, from not being allowed to go to school until the age of 17 to completing a Ph.D. program in history at Cambridge University. Stranger than fiction, her story is a lasting monument to the power of education.

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