Educated

Service95 Recommends is the home of the books we love and reviews from our contributors. Educated by Tara Westover recounts her story of overcoming her survivalist Mormon family in order to get an education.

What We Say: “This is a book that truly stays with you. The youngest of seven children, like her siblings, Tara was raised preparing for the world's end. She was never put in school or received medical attention. To escape her father's paranoid fears, at 16, Tara left home. What followed was the realisation of what an education is and what it can offer: a new outlook to see one's life through a different lens. An astonishing story, stunningly told” - Samantha de Haas

What They Say: “One of the best books I have ever read . . . unbelievably moving” - Elizabeth Day 

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Samantha de Haas is Creative Production Manager at Service95