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Educated – The ultimate in “fish out of water” life experience

Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

June 20, 2019 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

If you liked The Glass Castle or Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis or Sarah Smarsh’s Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth Growing Up Poor then you just might like Educated. And “like” is not the appropriate word for any of these books really. Appreciated is a better sentiment. Because each of these is a tough read, hearing about someone’s struggles to fit in when everything about them sticks out, and is […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: Educated: A Memoir, Idaho, modern, Mormon, survivalism, Tara Westover

cheerbrarian's CBR11 Review No:23 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: Educated: A Memoir, Idaho, modern, Mormon, survivalism, Tara Westover ·
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I Believe Her

October 14, 2018 by ElCicco 4 Comments

#cbr10bingo Listicles  Educated has been on the New York Times Combined Print and E-book Nonfiction Best Seller list for over 33 weeks. It is also one of Time Magazine’s Best Memoirs of 2018 So Far Educated: A Memoir is Tara Westover’s riveting account of how she went from growing up home schooled in a survivalist family in Idaho to PhD student of History at Cambridge. Westover is the youngest of seven children raised by parents whose goal was to live “off the grid” and who […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #CBR10, #memoir, cbr10bingo, Educated: A Memoir, ElCicco, listicles, Non-Fiction, ReadWomen, Tara Westover

ElCicco's CBR10 Review No:41 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #CBR10, #memoir, cbr10bingo, Educated: A Memoir, ElCicco, listicles, Non-Fiction, ReadWomen, Tara Westover ·
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