#5 in Biography & memoir
Educated
- NYT bestseller · 155 weeks on the list, peaked at #1
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About the book
Educated is a 2018 memoir by 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 rural mountains of Clifton, Idaho to completing a PhD program in history at the University of Cambridge. She started college at 17 having had no formal education. She explores her struggle to reconcile her desire to learn with the world she inhabited with her father.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.9 across 1,707 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 92% of the weight and the score stays at 8.8 — the Biography & memoir average of 8.1 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 9.0 | 23 | 1% |
| Hardcover | 8.9 | 1.7K | 99% |
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