{"product_id":"educated-a-memoir-9780525528050","title":"Educated: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e#1 NEW YORK TIMES  WALL STREET JOURNAL  AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER  One of the most acclaimed books of our time: an unforgettable memoir about a young woman who  kept out of school  leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University  An amazing story  and truly inspiring. Its even better than youve heard.Bill Gates  NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW  ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMAS FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR  BILL GATESS HOLIDAY READING LIST  FINALIST: National Book Critics Circles Award In Autobiography and John Leonard Prize For Best First Book  PEN\/Jean Stein Book Award  Los Angeles Times Book Prize  Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho  Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education  and no one to intervene when one of Taras older brothers became violent. When another brother got himself into college  Tara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her  taking her over oceans and across continents  to Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if shed traveled too far  if there was still a way home.  Beautiful and propulsive . . . Despite the singularity of Westovers childhood  the questions her book poses are universal: How much of ourselves should we give to those we love? And how much must we betray them to grow up?Vogue  NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post  O: The Oprah Magazine  Time  NPR  Good Morning America  San Francisco Chronicle  The Guardian  The Economist  Financial Times  Newsday  New York Post  theSkimm  Refinery29  Bloomberg  Self  Real Simple  Town \u0026amp; Country  Bustle  Paste  Publishers Weekly  Library Journal  LibraryReads  BookRiot  Pamela Paul  KQED  New York Public Library\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647262416949,"sku":"ByrdShop_0525528059","price":25.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780525528050.jpg?v=1781691022","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/educated-a-memoir-9780525528050","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}