Educated: A Memoir

Name: Educated: A Memoir
ISBN: 9780399590504

by Tara Westover

PEN/Jean Stein · 2019 · Shortlist

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Random HouseFebruary 20, 2018Biography & Memoir NonfictionISBN 9780399590504

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
PEN/Jean Stein Book Award	2019	Shortlist

About This Book

Tara Westover's memoir describes growing up in a survivalist family in rural Idaho, without formal schooling, and her journey to earn a Cambridge PhD. A bestseller that spent more than three years on the New York Times list. Shortlisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Award.

About the Author

Tara WestoverAmerican

Tara Westover (born 1986) is an American author raised in a survivalist Mormon family in rural Idaho without formal education or medical care. She self-taught to enter Brigham Young University, earned a PhD in intellectual history from Cambridge, and wrote the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir Educated (2018), which has sold millions and won numerous awards including finalist for the LA Times Book Prize and PEN/Jean Stein Book Award. Named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in 2019, she received the National Humanities Medal in 2023.