Educated

Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her parents neither sent the children to school nor took them to a doctor. Educated is the story of the struggle for self-invention. It is a tale of fierce family loyalty and brutal family dysfunction, and ultimately it’s about how we learn to trust ourselves after being told, by the people who should love us most, that we are not worthy of trust. Westover’s memoir is both shocking and tender, unforgettable and utterly gripping.