“Educated” by Tara Westover: From Rural Idaho to Harvard
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On this episode of Book Wise, our host Britt Brewer A.K.A. “Dr. Books” takes a caller from the request line in search of an aspirational, hardscrabble, up-from-the-boot-straps type of book.
Dr. Books' ultimate suggestion is “Educated” by Tara Westover. But the good doctor pairs her final pick with some outstanding, aspirational memoir genre-type runner-ups.
So, if you’re a reader who’s heart swells when reading about the triumph of the human spirit, then this episode of Book Wise is most definitely for you!
Books mentioned:
• “Educated” by Tara Westover
• “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls
• “The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates” by Wes Moore
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Amazing book! I have a lot of Mormon family in Idaho and devoured this book. I highly recommend it!
I don’t think it’s accurate to say she was raised in a fundamentalist sect. Her ward and extended family are mainstream Mormon
@A_Amazi
15 күн бұрын
But her dad/family were extreme and doing their own thing.
@dianethulin1700
15 күн бұрын
@@A_Amazi Yes but when someone says on a podcast that they belonged to a fundamentalist sect that is misleading since there are such sects in Idaho. It is inflammatory to say that