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Educated

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Educated

By: Tara Westover
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
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Selected as a book of the year by AMAZON, THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, NEW YORK TIMES, ECONOMIST, NEW STATESMAN, VOGUE, IRISH TIMES, IRISH EXAMINER and RED MAGAZINE

THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER

A Book of the Decade, 2010-2020 (Independent)
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Tara Westover and her family grew up preparing for the End of Days but, according to the government, she didn't exist. She hadn't been registered for a birth certificate. She had no school records because she'd never set foot in a classroom, and no medical records because her father didn't believe in hospitals.

As she grew older, her father became more radical and her brother more violent. At sixteen, Tara knew she had to leave home. In doing so she discovered both the transformative power of education, and the price she had to pay for it.
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'An amazing story, and truly inspiring. The kind of book everyone will enjoy. IT'S EVEN BETTER THAN YOU'VE HEARD.' - Bill Gates

· From one of TIME magazine's 100 most influential people of 2019
· Shortlisted for the 2018 BAMB Readers' Awards
· Recommended as a summer read by Barack Obama, Antony Beevor, India Knight, Blake Morrison and Nina Stibbe

© Tara Westover 2018 (P) Penguin Audio 2018

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Critic reviews

A memoir to stand alongside classics by the likes of Jeanette Winterson and Lorna Sage . . . a compelling and ultimately joyous account of self-determination
[A] fascinating, jaw-dropping memoir (Nina Stibbe)
[A] superb memoir… Westover’s journey from a remote corner of the American west to one of the world’s grandest seats of learning is extraordinary . . . Her story, of fighting to be herself, is as old as the hills she came from, but Westover gives us such a fresh, absorbing take that it deserves to bring her own private Idaho into the bestseller lists, book groups and, eventually, cinemas.
Brilliantly recounts her journey towards knowledge and enlightenment (Blake Morrison)

An amazing story, and truly inspiring. The kind of book everyone will enjoy. IT’S EVEN BETTER THAN YOU’VE HEARD.

(Bill Gates)
Her story is remarkable, as each extreme anecdote described in tidy prose attests. That someone who grew up in her circumstances could achieve as much as she has is astonishing . . . The central tension she wrestles with throughout her book is how to be true to herself without alienating her family. Her upbringing was extraordinary, but that struggle is not.
This memoir [is] one of the wisest accounts of family love and betrayal that I’ve read
[An] astonishing autobiography (Antony Beevor)
Heartbreaking in its honesty...[an] intelligent and powerful memoir
An astonishing and uplifting story about the transformative power of education
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Her account develops and grows in its assessment, sophistication and complexity the more educated she becomes.

It would be nice to get an account from her family.

Amazing account of her life

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a wee bit slow to start - but once in, just had to keep listening. intriguing that a young girl can survive what she did - and come out like she did. very recommendable.

how childhoods differ

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Wonderful story, tenderly told, couldn’t put it down for the final third! Left reflecting on my parenting and priorities and the impact have on my children. Desperate to find people to process this with!

Heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time

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Really enjoyed the book, interesting story which gripped from the beginning and it was well narrated.

Great book

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If this was fiction you'd think much of this book implausible. The fact it's true is even more disturbing. The candid recounting of the author's life is fascinating, intriguing and, at times, frustrating. Many times I wondered, why didn't she just walk away? But when you've been indoctrinated by a lifetime of blinkered, religious unquestioning by narrow minded zealots then it's not an easy thing to do. This mind set of total unquestioning belief, even in the face of glaring, contrary evidence has uncomfortable parallels in modern life e.g. Isis, climate change, vaccination. The writer's incremental escape from her past and reconstruction of her life and identity are a real rollercoaster. A great listen.

Remarkable biography

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