"Educated shines a light on a part of our country we too often overlook. Tara Westover's powerful tale - of trying to find a place for herself in the world, without losing her connection to her family or her beloved home - deserves to be widely read. My Mamaw wwould have been rooting for Tara." "This remarkable memoir - one of the best I've ever read - is my kind of miracle. The book made me cringe, cry out, cover my eyes, shake with anger, beam with pride, and appreciate the trials that led my own education. Tara Westover's story will find a place alongside modern classic memoirs like Wild and The Glass Castle. It's that special." "Breathtaking, heart-wrenching, inspirational - I've never read anything like this. Educated tells the story of a young girl's escape from violence and emotional prison. It is about the love of family and the pain of family both, the ferocity of the human spirit, and the power of education to change lives. Educated is one of the best books I've read in a very long time" "A punch to the gut, a slow burn, a savage indictment, a love letter: Educated somehow contrives to be all these things at once. Tara Westover guides us through the extraordinary western landscape of her coming of age, and in clear, tender prose makes us feel what she felt, growing up among fanatics. Rarely have I read a book that made me so uncomfortable, so enraged, and at the same time so utterly, entirely absorbed." "Educated is a wise and deep reflection about surviving one's family. This is memoir at its best." "Marvelous... There is no feeling like discovering a young writer springing up fully armed with so much talent." "Powerful, moving, brave, naked, and completely at home in its form, this is a daughter's story of how she grew into herself and came to understand her home. This book would be far less harrowing if it were a novel."