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  • Published: 20 February 2018
  • ISBN: 9781473539075
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 12 hr 10 min
  • Narrator: Julia Whelan
  • RRP: $24.99

Educated

The international bestselling memoir




An extraordinary memoir about a woman's discovery of education, its transformative power and the price she has to pay for it.

Brought to you by Penguin.

Selected as a book of the year by AMAZON, THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, NEW YORK TIMES, ECONOMIST, NEW STATESMAN, VOGUE, IRISH TIMES, IRISH EXAMINER and RED MAGAZINE
THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER

A Book of the Decade, 2010-2020 (Independent)
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Tara Westover and her family grew up preparing for the End of Days but, according to the government, she didn’t exist. She hadn’t been registered for a birth certificate. She had no school records because she’d never set foot in a classroom, and no medical records because her father didn’t believe in hospitals.

As she grew older, her father became more radical and her brother more violent. At sixteen, Tara knew she had to leave home. In doing so she discovered both the transformative power of education, and the price she had to pay for it.
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‘An amazing story, and truly inspiring. The kind of book everyone will enjoy. IT’S EVEN BETTER THAN YOU’VE HEARD.’ – Bill Gates

· From one of TIME magazine's 100 most influential people of 2019
· Shortlisted for the 2018 BAMB Readers' Awards
· Recommended as a summer read by Barack Obama, Antony Beevor, India Knight, Blake Morrison and Nina Stibbe

© Tara Westover 2018 (P) Penguin Audio 2018

  • Published: 20 February 2018
  • ISBN: 9781473539075
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 12 hr 10 min
  • Narrator: Julia Whelan
  • RRP: $24.99

About the author

Tara Westover

Tara Westover was born in rural Idaho. She studied history at Brigham Young University and upon graduation was awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. She received an MPhil in intellectual history from Trinity College, Cambridge in 2009, and a PhD in the same subject in 2014.

Praise for Educated

Educated is a shocking story of self-invention and the transformative power of hope, tenacity and education.

Elle, Best Audiobooks

On audio, I find myself enthralled and convinced.

Nigella Lawson, The Times

A truly inspiring listen.

Good Housekeeping