Phenomenal book

it's a superb book and you are hooked from the beginning itself. Highly recommended. Narrator has also done full justice to the story.

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Stupendous Work

Tara Westover’s memoir is very captivating and I finished the audible in just 5 days!! It depicts the journey of the protagonist Tara who comes from an uneducated background, oblivious of the real world and has the picture of the world as told to her by her parents. How she grows out of her old persona, how she transforms as she encounters the real world and how education plays a significant role in all this is impressive.
The writer has shared her experiences with the audience very vividly. And it leaves an indelible impact on the mind even after the reading. A very good book recommended for the young generation.

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Education is what makes the difference

The book was recommended to me by one of the blogger friends. The story seemed intriguing. I was swept into her life at times worrying about her and her loyalty to the family. is this for real ? I struggled to believe! I wept for her at times. Julia wheelan did a great job narrating it with highs and lows and a change in pitch where required.

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emotions well explained

mind speaking wonderfully captured and narrated. Different shades of life are captured in words, sounds like a painting speaking

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I felt seen

This book and the narration connected with me beyond the just the words, through what it represents. How education can thoroughly transform a person; in making them introspective often leaving them perpetually conflicted between the opposing realities of where they come from and where they are now. It made me reach places within myself that I had long forgotten or buried. I am grateful to the author for writing this book.

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our Memoirs

Loved it!....every chapter has a message. Energizing messages toward a conflict free existence. it is everyone's story

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A brilliant piece of work

I listened to the audiobook of the book, and no doubt @audible enhanced my experience in every way.
Educated is a memoir of Tara Westover. I wonder curiosity and determination can do such a beautiful change your life, which you can realise only if you imply them in your life.
"You are your best teacher". Tara's father used to say this line to her, and she proved that her father was right.
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Tara Westover was 17 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 in her father's junkyard.
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Her family members had no trust on medical science or any scientific theories. Her mother's head injury remained untreated fully throughout her life. Nobody was allowed to think about their education, or Carrer. They were made to believe that the junkyard or their mothers herb culture were their ultimate destiny.
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 one of Tara's older brothers became violent.
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Then, lacking any formal education, Tara began to educate herself. She taught herself enough mathematics and grammar to be admitted to Brigham Young University, where she studied history, learning for the first time about important 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. Only then would she wonder if she'd traveled too far, if there was still a way home.
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Consistent fightings with the family members even after achieving certain high class goals could not suppress Tara Westover's patience, perseverance, and urge to do better in life.
This book is really a great piece of art. The gripping power in her narration is germane. There are enough reasons for staying in the New York Times Bestsellers for a long time.
Keep reading📚.
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@lady_bibliofoodie

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guy wrenching and honest

rarely does a book move you and bring tears to your eyes.. this one does...and does it so thoroughly that I couldn't decide if I was happy that there was a positive ending or sad that the book had ended. the narration is simply outstanding, perfect inflections, nicely voiced characters... I'll be returning to this one time and time again...

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revealing, painful and thankful

Having watched captain fantastic (awesome movie), I thought this book might be on similar lines. after reading the reviews, I realised it's very different and pursued it. overall, the book is painful to go through and yet I would suggest you read it. people bear children, but then don't live upto the responsibility towards the life they brought into this world. forget the education part, I got worked up on the lack of basic social behaviour - not caring and almost killing someone in the process, supporting abusive behaviour, making up false fantasies to misguide and relying on poorly learnt alternate medical practices. If living in harmony with nature was the intent, then that was the last thing they were doing. Tara (author) must have been brilliant, or maybe she was uncomplicated to have a single minded focus to pursue what she wanted to reach here. most of her narrative was matter of fact and not judgemental - and that's what kept me going through the pages despite my revulsion and irritation. and that non judgemental narrative became the endearing quality for this book - it told an event as an event, not as a biased moral lecture.

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A book I will revisit again and again.

It took me just three days to finish this audiobook. This is one of the best coming of age stories I have read. Reminds you to stand up for yourself and carve your own reality. Such a emotional but beautiful read. The narrator is great too. Thankyou Tara for sharing your story.

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