Educated

by Tara Westover

Recommended in 6 interviews and reading lists

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1. The Best Books Based on a True StoryReading list

   Tara Westover’s memoir, Educated, is based on her own life growing up in a survivalist family in Idaho. Westover was raised without formal education or medical care, and she spent her days helping her father at his junkyard. However, when she was 17, she decided to leave home and get an education.

2. Sopan DebInterview

   Educated by Tara Westover – one of the best memoirs I’ve ever read, but what stands out to me is that it’s so easy to digest. Westover really lets the story speak for itself.

3. Nicholas DirksInterview

   I have one pile of books on science on my desk that I am beginning to read in connection with my work in the Academy: The Scientific Method by Henry Cowles; Knowledge Resistance by Mikael Klintman; Science under Fire by Andrew Jewett; and The Knowledge Machine by Michael Strevens. These books provide histories of the…

4. Tina SeeligInterview

   I’ve listened to a number of really terrific books over the last six months, including Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb, An American Marriage by Tayari Jones, Educated by Tara Westover, Becoming by Michelle Obama, Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss, Shoe Dog by Phil Knight, and Winners Take All…

5. A.J. JacobsInterview

   Right now, I’m reading Educated by Tara Westover. It’s about a woman who grew up off the grid with an extremist Christian family. I’m reading it because I share a Kindle account with my wife, and she bought it for her book club. I know electronic books have their downsides, but one upside is that books just show up…

6. Elin HilderbrandInterview

   Normally I only read novels, but on my TBR pile currently are two memoirs I’m looking forward to reading: Hunger by Roxane Gay and Educated by Tara Westover.

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