{"product_id":"9780525589983","title":"Educated","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unforgettable memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e’s “must-know literary events” and \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e’s “most anticipated books of 2018”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“If you liked \u003ci\u003eWild, \u003c\/i\u003etry \u003ci\u003eEducated\u003c\/i\u003e . . . a dazzling example of what you can achieve if you set your mind to something . . . Tara’s story is an inspirational, truly unique coming-of-age tale.”—BBC\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTara Westover was seventeen 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 home-canned peaches and sleeping with her “head-for-the-hills” bag. In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged metal in her father’s junkyard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer father distrusted the medical establishment, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse. Gashes and concussions, even burns from explosions, were all treated at home with herbalism. The 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 an older brother became violent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen another brother got himself into college and came back with news of the world beyond the mountain, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. She taught herself enough mathematics, grammar, and science to take the ACT and was admitted to Brigham Young University. There, she studied psychology, politics, philosophy, and history, learning for the first time about pivotal world events like the Holocaust and the Civil Rights Movement. 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 she’d traveled too far, if there was still a way home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEducated\u003c\/i\u003e is an account of the struggle for self-invention. It is a tale of fierce family loyalty, and of the grief that comes from severing ties with those closest to you. With the acute insight that distinguishes all great writers, Westover has crafted a universal coming-of-age story that gets to the heart of what an education is and what it offers: the perspective to see one’s life through new eyes, and the will to change it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003ci\u003eEducated\u003c\/i\u003e shines a light on a part of our country that we too often overlook.”—J. D. Vance, author of \u003ci\u003eHillbilly Elegy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Diversified Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026201329904,"sku":"9780525589983","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780525589983_p0.jpg?v=1763710604","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780525589983","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}