TARA WESTOVER’S BOOK, EDUCATED, IS A BOOK THAT WILL LEAVE YOU WANTING TO READ EVERY LAST WORD BEFORE YOU CLOSE YOUR BOOK. THE RANGE OF EMOTIONS WILL LEAVE YOU CRYING, LAUGHING, AND WONDERING IF YOUR LIFE PALED IN COMPARISON. EDUCATED (2018) IS THE MEMOIR OF TARA WESTOVER, WHO GREW UP IN A MORMON FAMILY IN RURAL IDAHO, AND, DESPITE NEVER ATTENDING SCHOOL, WAS ABLE TO EARN A PHD FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. HOWEVER, SHE HAD TO PAY A HIGH PRICE TO ACHIEVE HER ACADEMIC DREAMS. INDEED, SHE LOST HER FAMILY IN THE PROCESS.