Educated: The Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling memoir - Hardcover

Tara Westover was born in rural Idaho. She studied history at Brigham Young University and upon graduation was awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. She received an MPhil in intellectual history from Trinity College, Cambridge in 2009, and a PhD in the same subject in 2014.

"A memoir to stand alongside classics by the likes of Jeanette Winterson and Lorna Sage . . . a compelling and ultimately joyous account of self-determination" * Sunday Times * "A dazzling example of what you can achieve if you set your mind to something...an inspirational, truly unique coming-of-age tale" * BBC Ones to Watch in 2018 * "[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." * The Times * "Westover has a story to tell that shouldn't be ignored" * The Guardian * "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." * The Economist * "This memoir [is] one of the wisest accounts of family love and betrayal that I've read" * Mail on Sunday * "Heartbreaking in its honesty...[an] intelligent and powerful memoir" * Literary Review * "An astonishing and uplifting story about the transformative power of education" * Mail on Sunday, 2018 Cultural Highlights * "This fiercely intelligent memoir is a fascinating and compassionate view of another world and the author's struggle to both escape from and understand it as she heads out into the world" * The Pool, Ones to Watch in 2018 * "A shocking and powerfully moving memoir" * Daily Express * "What comes through is Tara's grit, determination and instinctive sense that somewhere within education lies her redemption ... There is pain and adversity in this heart-wrenching memoir but ultimately what Tara leaves us with is hope" * Sunday Express * "Educated is an unflinching account of love and brutality, of the strength of blood ties and the power of imagination, and of a young woman whose intellect, self-knowledge and courage illuminate every page. There are passages so painfully vivid that they sear themselves into the memory, yet Westover is never prurient or punitive: even when writing from the depths, she does so with compassion and grace. Both the book and its writer are remarkable in every respect" -- Sarah Perry, bestselling author of THE ESSEX SERPENT