Cover of Educated The international bestselling memoir

Educated The international bestselling memoir

by Tara Westover

400 pages2018Random HouseISBN 9781473538641

About this book

<p><b>THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER</b><br><br><b>A BETWEEN THE COVERS PICK</b><br><br>Selected as a book of the year by AMAZON, <i>THE TIMES</i>, <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i>, <i>GUARDIAN</i>, <i>NEW YORK TIMES, </i><i>ECONOMIST,</i> <i>NEW STATESMAN, </i><i>VOGUE, IRISH TIMES, IRISH EXAMINER</i> and <i>RED MAGAZINE</i><br><br><b><i>'</i>One of the best books I have ever read . . . unbelievably moving' Elizabeth Day </b><br><b>'An extraordinary story, beautifully told' Louise O'Neill </b><br><b>'A memoir to stand alongside the classics . . . compelling and joyous' <i>Sunday Times</i> </b><br><br>Tara Westover grew up preparing for the end of the world. She was never put in school, never taken to the doctor. She did not even have a birth certificate until she was nine years old.<br><br>At sixteen, to escape her father's radicalism and a violent older brother, Tara left home. What followed was a struggle for self-invention, a journey that gets to the heart of what an education is and what it offers: the perspective to see one's life through new eyes, and the will to change it.<br><br><b>'It will make your heart soar' <i>Guardian</i> </b><br><b>'Jaw-dropping and inspiring, everyone should read this book' <i>Stylist</i> </b><br><b>'Absolutely superb . . . so gripping I could hardly breathe' Sophie Hannah </b></p>

Publication Details

Publisher
Random House
Published
2018
Pages
400
ISBN
9781473538641
Language
en

About Tara Westover

Tara Westover (born September 27, 1986) 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 LA Times Book Prize, PEN America's Jean Stein Book Award, and two awards from the National Book Critics Circle Award.

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