Educated

Tara Westover grew up in the remote mountains of Idaho, the daughter of survivalists who shunned mainstream society. She was 17 the first time she entered a classroom. With no formal education and no one to protect her from a violent older brother, her early life was marked by isolation and silence.

When one of her brothers found a way out and enrolled in college, Tara began to imagine a different path for herself. What followed was a remarkable journey—fueled by determination and a hunger for knowledge—that would take her from self-study in a rural home to the lecture halls of Harvard and Cambridge.

But as she moved further from the world she was born into, Tara was forced to confront difficult questions about family, loyalty, and identity.

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