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| Publisher | Random House US |
| ISBN 13 | 9780399590504 |
| ISBN 10 | 399590501 |
| Book Description | Born To Survivalists In The Mountains Of Idaho, Tara 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 Education, And No One To Intervene When One Of TaraS Older Brothers Became Violent. When Another Brother Got Himself Into College, Tara Decided To Try A New Kind Of Life. Her Quest For Knowledge Transformed Her, Taking Her Over Oceans And Across Continents, To Harvard And To Cambridge University. Only Then Would She Wonder If SheD Traveled Too Far, If There Was Still A Way Home. Praise For Educated 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 A Heartbreaking, Heartwarming, Best-In-Years Memoir About Striding Beyond The Limitations Of Birth And Environment Into A Better Life.Usa Today A Coming-Of-Age Memoir Reminiscent Of The Glass Castle.O: The Oprah Magazine Heart-Wrenching . . . A Beautiful Testament To The Power Of Education To Open Eyes And Change Lives.Amy Chua, The New York Times Book Review. |
| Editorial Review | “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. “[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 “Incredibly Thought-Provoking . . . So Much More Than A Memoir About A Woman Who Graduated College Without A Formal Education. It Is About A Woman Who Must Learn How To Learn.”—The Harvard Crimson “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 |
| About the Author | Tara Westover is an American historian and memoirist. Her first book, Educated, debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and remained on the list, in hardcover, for more than two years. The book, a memoir of her upbringing in rural Idaho, was a finalist for a number of national awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. To date it has been translated into more than forty-five languages. The New York Times named Educated one of the 10 Best Books of 2018, and the American Booksellers Association voted Educated the Nonfiction Book of the Year. For her staggering impact, Time named Westover one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2019. Westover holds a PhD in intellectual history from Trinity College, Cambridge, and in 2019 she was the Rosenthal Writer in Residence at Harvard University. In 2023, she was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Biden. |
| Language | English |
| Author | Tara Westover |
| Language | English |
| Edition Number | 1st Edition |
| Publication Date | 43151 |
| Number of Pages | 352 |
Educated A Memoir Hardcover English by Tara Westover - 43151
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