Educated

Tara Westover was seventeen when she first set foot in a classroom. Instead of traditional lessons, she grew up learning how to stew herbs into medicine, scavenging in the family scrap yard and helping her family prepare for the apocalypse. She had no birth certificate and no medical records and had never been enrolled in school. Westover’s mother proved a marvel at concocting folk remedies for many ailments. As Tara developed her own coping mechanisms, little by little, she started to realize that what her family was offering didn’t have to be her only education. Her first day of university was her first day in school—ever—and she would eventually win an esteemed fellowship from Cambridge and graduate with a PhD in intellectual history and political thought.
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Manoj Patkar Reviewed on: 30-11-2022
Excellent read

Interesting to read how life circumstances can be so different for someone and yet the person can overcome all challenges and become 'educated'

Stuti Pandey Reviewed on: 07-11-2022

Educated is a heart wrenching yet empowering memoir that reinstates that fact that if you truly want something in life then you can overcome even the most debilitating of circumstances . Tara Westover lives an unconventional life with a limited access to education. Her world view is controlled by her parents Mormon belief , however education truly sets her free

Ruby Peethambaran Reviewed on: 01-08-2022
Brilliant Memoir

One of the best memoirs written in long time.... Reads like a fiction and when you realize that someone lived through this.... It's mesmerizing

Manish Ladkani Reviewed on: 03-01-2021

Story of a girl from a conservative Mormon family in US who went on to study PhD against the wishes of her family. Her struggle to come to terms with the modern world outside her home is breathtaking.