Educated
A Memoir
by Tara Westover
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“@dhaber @tarawestover @gauravkapadia The best book I read last year ( thanks Obama quite literally ) | Another day, another booklist. Today: memoir?I loooooooove memoirs. As ever, please reply with your favorites so we can all add them to our reading lists. :) Also: Happy Friday. Phew. | I thought I was pretty good at teaching myself—until I read Tara Westover’s memoir Educated. Her ability to learn on her own blows mine right out of the water. I was thrilled to sit down with her recently to talk about the book. | Just finished reading ?Educated?.This was an amazing book that shows the role culture plays in a person?s life & the importance of an education.@tarawestover personal account of no formal education to receiving a PhD from Cambridge is extraordinary.Inspiring & touching read! | Just finished reading “Educated”.This was an amazing book that shows the role culture plays in a person’s life & the importance of an education.@tarawestover personal account of no formal education to receiving a PhD from Cambridge is extraordinary.Inspiring & touching read! | Sat down in my plane seat, didn't feel takeoff, 6 hours of flying, or landing. Unreal. Thank you, Tara Westover. Consider me educated. | The books of my life. I?ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors. | The books of my life. I’ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors.”
Source →“@dhaber @tarawestover @gauravkapadia The best book I read last year ( thanks Obama quite literally ) | Another day, another booklist. Today: memoir?I loooooooove memoirs. As ever, please reply with your favorites so we can all add them to our reading lists. :) Also: Happy Friday. Phew. | I thought I was pretty good at teaching myself—until I read Tara Westover’s memoir Educated. Her ability to learn on her own blows mine right out of the water. I was thrilled to sit down with her recently to talk about the book. | Just finished reading ?Educated?.This was an amazing book that shows the role culture plays in a person?s life & the importance of an education.@tarawestover personal account of no formal education to receiving a PhD from Cambridge is extraordinary.Inspiring & touching read! | Just finished reading “Educated”.This was an amazing book that shows the role culture plays in a person’s life & the importance of an education.@tarawestover personal account of no formal education to receiving a PhD from Cambridge is extraordinary.Inspiring & touching read! | Sat down in my plane seat, didn't feel takeoff, 6 hours of flying, or landing. Unreal. Thank you, Tara Westover. Consider me educated. | The books of my life. I?ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors. | The books of my life. I’ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors.”
Source →“@dhaber @tarawestover @gauravkapadia The best book I read last year ( thanks Obama quite literally ) | Another day, another booklist. Today: memoir?I loooooooove memoirs. As ever, please reply with your favorites so we can all add them to our reading lists. :) Also: Happy Friday. Phew. | I thought I was pretty good at teaching myself—until I read Tara Westover’s memoir Educated. Her ability to learn on her own blows mine right out of the water. I was thrilled to sit down with her recently to talk about the book. | Just finished reading ?Educated?.This was an amazing book that shows the role culture plays in a person?s life & the importance of an education.@tarawestover personal account of no formal education to receiving a PhD from Cambridge is extraordinary.Inspiring & touching read! | Just finished reading “Educated”.This was an amazing book that shows the role culture plays in a person’s life & the importance of an education.@tarawestover personal account of no formal education to receiving a PhD from Cambridge is extraordinary.Inspiring & touching read! | Sat down in my plane seat, didn't feel takeoff, 6 hours of flying, or landing. Unreal. Thank you, Tara Westover. Consider me educated. | The books of my life. I?ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors. | The books of my life. I’ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors.”
Source →“@dhaber @tarawestover @gauravkapadia The best book I read last year ( thanks Obama quite literally ) | Another day, another booklist. Today: memoir?I loooooooove memoirs. As ever, please reply with your favorites so we can all add them to our reading lists. :) Also: Happy Friday. Phew. | I thought I was pretty good at teaching myself—until I read Tara Westover’s memoir Educated. Her ability to learn on her own blows mine right out of the water. I was thrilled to sit down with her recently to talk about the book. | Just finished reading ?Educated?.This was an amazing book that shows the role culture plays in a person?s life & the importance of an education.@tarawestover personal account of no formal education to receiving a PhD from Cambridge is extraordinary.Inspiring & touching read! | Just finished reading “Educated”.This was an amazing book that shows the role culture plays in a person’s life & the importance of an education.@tarawestover personal account of no formal education to receiving a PhD from Cambridge is extraordinary.Inspiring & touching read! | Sat down in my plane seat, didn't feel takeoff, 6 hours of flying, or landing. Unreal. Thank you, Tara Westover. Consider me educated. | The books of my life. I?ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors. | The books of my life. I’ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors.”
Source →“@dhaber @tarawestover @gauravkapadia The best book I read last year ( thanks Obama quite literally ) | Another day, another booklist. Today: memoir?I loooooooove memoirs. As ever, please reply with your favorites so we can all add them to our reading lists. :) Also: Happy Friday. Phew. | I thought I was pretty good at teaching myself—until I read Tara Westover’s memoir Educated. Her ability to learn on her own blows mine right out of the water. I was thrilled to sit down with her recently to talk about the book. | Just finished reading ?Educated?.This was an amazing book that shows the role culture plays in a person?s life & the importance of an education.@tarawestover personal account of no formal education to receiving a PhD from Cambridge is extraordinary.Inspiring & touching read! | Just finished reading “Educated”.This was an amazing book that shows the role culture plays in a person’s life & the importance of an education.@tarawestover personal account of no formal education to receiving a PhD from Cambridge is extraordinary.Inspiring & touching read! | Sat down in my plane seat, didn't feel takeoff, 6 hours of flying, or landing. Unreal. Thank you, Tara Westover. Consider me educated. | The books of my life. I?ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors. | The books of my life. I’ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors.”
Source →“@dhaber @tarawestover @gauravkapadia The best book I read last year ( thanks Obama quite literally ) | Another day, another booklist. Today: memoir?I loooooooove memoirs. As ever, please reply with your favorites so we can all add them to our reading lists. :) Also: Happy Friday. Phew. | I thought I was pretty good at teaching myself—until I read Tara Westover’s memoir Educated. Her ability to learn on her own blows mine right out of the water. I was thrilled to sit down with her recently to talk about the book. | Just finished reading ?Educated?.This was an amazing book that shows the role culture plays in a person?s life & the importance of an education.@tarawestover personal account of no formal education to receiving a PhD from Cambridge is extraordinary.Inspiring & touching read! | Just finished reading “Educated”.This was an amazing book that shows the role culture plays in a person’s life & the importance of an education.@tarawestover personal account of no formal education to receiving a PhD from Cambridge is extraordinary.Inspiring & touching read! | Sat down in my plane seat, didn't feel takeoff, 6 hours of flying, or landing. Unreal. Thank you, Tara Westover. Consider me educated. | The books of my life. I?ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors. | The books of my life. I’ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors.”
Source →“@dhaber @tarawestover @gauravkapadia The best book I read last year ( thanks Obama quite literally ) | Another day, another booklist. Today: memoir?I loooooooove memoirs. As ever, please reply with your favorites so we can all add them to our reading lists. :) Also: Happy Friday. Phew. | I thought I was pretty good at teaching myself—until I read Tara Westover’s memoir Educated. Her ability to learn on her own blows mine right out of the water. I was thrilled to sit down with her recently to talk about the book. | Just finished reading ?Educated?.This was an amazing book that shows the role culture plays in a person?s life & the importance of an education.@tarawestover personal account of no formal education to receiving a PhD from Cambridge is extraordinary.Inspiring & touching read! | Just finished reading “Educated”.This was an amazing book that shows the role culture plays in a person’s life & the importance of an education.@tarawestover personal account of no formal education to receiving a PhD from Cambridge is extraordinary.Inspiring & touching read! | Sat down in my plane seat, didn't feel takeoff, 6 hours of flying, or landing. Unreal. Thank you, Tara Westover. Consider me educated. | The books of my life. I?ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors. | The books of my life. I’ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors.”
Source →“@dhaber @tarawestover @gauravkapadia The best book I read last year ( thanks Obama quite literally ) | Another day, another booklist. Today: memoir?I loooooooove memoirs. As ever, please reply with your favorites so we can all add them to our reading lists. :) Also: Happy Friday. Phew. | I thought I was pretty good at teaching myself—until I read Tara Westover’s memoir Educated. Her ability to learn on her own blows mine right out of the water. I was thrilled to sit down with her recently to talk about the book. | Just finished reading ?Educated?.This was an amazing book that shows the role culture plays in a person?s life & the importance of an education.@tarawestover personal account of no formal education to receiving a PhD from Cambridge is extraordinary.Inspiring & touching read! | Just finished reading “Educated”.This was an amazing book that shows the role culture plays in a person’s life & the importance of an education.@tarawestover personal account of no formal education to receiving a PhD from Cambridge is extraordinary.Inspiring & touching read! | Sat down in my plane seat, didn't feel takeoff, 6 hours of flying, or landing. Unreal. Thank you, Tara Westover. Consider me educated. | The books of my life. I?ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors. | The books of my life. I’ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors.”
Source →“@dhaber @tarawestover @gauravkapadia The best book I read last year ( thanks Obama quite literally ) | Another day, another booklist. Today: memoir?I loooooooove memoirs. As ever, please reply with your favorites so we can all add them to our reading lists. :) Also: Happy Friday. Phew. | I thought I was pretty good at teaching myself—until I read Tara Westover’s memoir Educated. Her ability to learn on her own blows mine right out of the water. I was thrilled to sit down with her recently to talk about the book. | Just finished reading ?Educated?.This was an amazing book that shows the role culture plays in a person?s life & the importance of an education.@tarawestover personal account of no formal education to receiving a PhD from Cambridge is extraordinary.Inspiring & touching read! | Just finished reading “Educated”.This was an amazing book that shows the role culture plays in a person’s life & the importance of an education.@tarawestover personal account of no formal education to receiving a PhD from Cambridge is extraordinary.Inspiring & touching read! | Sat down in my plane seat, didn't feel takeoff, 6 hours of flying, or landing. Unreal. Thank you, Tara Westover. Consider me educated. | The books of my life. I?ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors. | The books of my life. I’ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors.”
Source →Recommended by 11 notable people, including Bill Gates and Barack Obama
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Recommended by 15 sources and appears in Memoir, Autobiographies, and Books Recommended by Bill Gates.
Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling homecanned peaches and sleeping with her "headforthehills bag". In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's ...
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Barack Obama
44th President of the United States
“@dhaber @tarawestover @gauravkapadia The best book I read last year ( thanks Obama quite literally ) | Another day, another booklist. Today: memoir?I loooooooove memoirs. As ever, please reply with your favorites so we can all add them to our reading lists. :) Also: Happy Friday. Phew. | I thought I was pretty good at teaching myself—until I read Tara Westover’s memoir Educated. Her ability to learn on her own blows mine right out of the water. I was thrilled to sit down with her recently to talk about the book. | Just finished reading ?Educated?.This was an amazing book that shows the role culture plays in a person?s life & the importance of an education.@tarawestover personal account of no formal education to receiving a PhD from Cambridge is extraordinary.Inspiring & touching read! | Just finished reading “Educated”.This was an amazing book that shows the role culture plays in a person’s life & the importance of an education.@tarawestover personal account of no formal education to receiving a PhD from Cambridge is extraordinary.Inspiring & touching read! | Sat down in my plane seat, didn't feel takeoff, 6 hours of flying, or landing. Unreal. Thank you, Tara Westover. Consider me educated. | The books of my life. I?ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors. | The books of my life. I’ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors.”
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