Educated : A Memoir May 2026

Born the youngest of seven children to fundamentalist parents, Westover spent her childhood preparing for the apocalypse and working in her father’s junkyard.

Report: Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover Published in February 2018, Educated is a transformative memoir that follows Tara Westover's journey from growing up in a survivalist family in the mountains of Idaho to earning a PhD from Cambridge University. Educated : A memoir

Inspired by an older brother who went to college, Westover taught herself enough algebra and grammar to pass the ACT and enter Brigham Young University at age 17. Born the youngest of seven children to fundamentalist