#Tara Westover

[bypatia]

book recs no one asked for: always coming home by ursula k le guin, why we swim by bonnie tsui, a thousand splendid suns by khaled hosseini, if you want feminist soul-changing, hopepunk, touches the veil of life reads, and educated by tara westover, all about love by bell hooks, the year of magical thinking by joan didion if you want real, visceral takes on love, grief, and being the master of your own fate, bye

[books-and-cookies]

book 1 of 2025 - 4/5⭐️

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[llovelymoonn]

tara westover educated

kofi

[growingupmormon]

Educated by Tara Westover

This, as the siblings move out. Omg

[lets-get-lit]

Curiosity is a luxury for the financially secure.

- Tara Westover, Educated

[litandlifequotes]

You can miss a person every day, and still be glad that they are no longer in your life.

Educated by Tara Westover

[grlbutnotwood]

Books I read in July and holy fucking fuck were bangers

"Radio Apocalipse" by Kayleigh Gallagher 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕

Does it deserve this rating? I don't know, but I do know that reading this book made me feel like I'm soothingly stroking hair of my teenage self and at the same time for the most part I needed to take a walk outside to make sure that the world did not actually end. And the author wrote this as a teenager? Have my firstborn child.

"All systems red" by Martha Wells 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕

Have I ever thought that I would see a character that calls itself "murderbot" and think "BABY!"? Yes. There is no motherly bone in my body but be not fooled. Everyone will be babyfied. No one is safe. Lock your favorites away because I will find them and I will spoon-feed them soup. Also, the found family slapped me upside the head in this one and I'm a step away from writing silly little coffee shop AUs. Stay tuned for other books in the series ig

"Educated" by Tara Westover 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕

It's been a while since a book made me fear my own mortality and vulnerability to the influence of the people around me, thank you Tara Westover.

[oblitussayings]

It’s strange how you give the people you love so much power over you.

Tara Westover.

[heresay]

Curiosity is a luxury for the financially secure.

Tara Westover, Educated

[escapeintothepages]

“We are all of us more complicated than the roles we are assigned in the stories other people tell.”

Educated, Tara Westover

[philipkindreddickhead]

Christianity is literally the worst for son preference. This mother says, "[my son] has always protected angels with broken wings." Meanwhile, the aforementioned son is literally torturing (sending her to ride on unbroken horses) and abusing (gaslighting her about a candy bar) and stalking a vulnerable (divorced parents in Mormon community) girl.

[symphonic-appliances]

currently reading:

the book of delights: essays by ross gay, educated by tara westover, tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow by gabrielle zevin reread

summer tbr:

beach read by emily henry, none of this is true by lisa jewel (my sister’s recommendation 🫶), tress of the emerald sea by brandon sanderson

i really want to buy an e-reader but idk which one to gettt. i’m considering buying an ipad mini and using that as an e-reader but i think the screens are a little bit different and the battery life is longer on an e-reader so idkkk. i’m so torn between kindle, kobo, and boox.

current playlist:

stephanie says by the velvet underground, jeremy by pearl jam, room temperature by faye webster, a werewolf by attic abasement

[4seohelp]

How "Educated" by Tara Westover Teaches the Power of Self-Discovery

Tara Westover’s memoir “Educated” tells a powerful story of self-discovery and resilience. It recounts her journey from growing up in a strict and isolated household in rural Idaho to earning a PhD from Cambridge University. This narrative captures the struggle for identity and the transformative power of education. In the digital age z lib grants you the freedom to choose from a massive…

[growingupmormon]

Reading Educated by Tara Westover

While reading and people not going to the doctor:

Me experiencing illness or injury and being told to go to the doctor:

[nat-reviews-books]

Educated by Tara Westover

Stepping into Brigham Young University at the age of seventeen, Tara goes into her first classroom. Growing up with a father who believes he needs to prepare for the end of the world and that public schools are evil, and a mother who makes herbal remedies and midwifes for a living, Tara did not have a stable education as a child. This memoir details her education as a child, her education in university, and learning to unlearn the things she was taught as a girl.

This book was tough, honestly. I found it endlessly fascinating, but there were a lot of portions detailing abuse, and those parts were really tough. I thought this book was fantastic, though. I found Tara's thinking to be intriguing, since her upbringing was so different from my own, and her family seems like they were tough to live with, especially as her world was opening up.

Recommended for: people curious about doomsday preppers, anyone who thinks this book sounds interesting, and people who want to appreciate their own education

Content Warnings: abuse (emotional, physical, and verbal), gore