Educated tells the story of Tara Westover, a girl born to survivalist parents in the Idaho mountains, raised without schooling or medical care. Forbidden to question her father’s beliefs, she secretly teaches herself to read, discovers learning, and escapes the confines of her isolated world. Her journey takes her from a junkyard to Brigham Young University and eventually to Cambridge, where she faces the pain of family rejection and the power of self-knowledge. Torn between love and truth, Tara learns that education is more than knowledge it is the act of reclaiming one’s mind and choosing one’s own life.
