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2018•384 pages•Published•ITA•User Reviews

Educated

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*Educated* is a 2018 memoir by the American author Tara Westover. Westover recounts overcoming her survivalist Mormon family in order to go to college, and emphasizes the importance of education in enlarging her world. She details her journey from her isolated life in the mountains of Idaho to completing a PhD program in history at Cambridge University. She started college at the age of 17 having had no formal education. She explores her struggle to reconcile her desire to learn with the world she inhabited with her father.

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SubcultureHome schoolingFamilyAnecdotesVictims of family violenceWomen college studentsChristian biographyRural conditionsSurvivalismBiographyWomenAncedotes

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Book Details

First Published

2018

Pages

384 pages

Rating

4.5 / 5

Ratings

22

Editions

37

Publisher

Windmill Books/Corsair

Language

ITA, THA, ENG

Status

Published

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