In life, the real story always lies somewhere in between our perception of what happened and another's perception of what happened.

Loved this real life story.

I was so drawn to Tara's story and appreciate her honesty of her very personal journey!

Tara’s story is triumphant, heartbreaking, eye opening, healing, soul searching

Such a dynamic writer and a wonderful story to tell this hurting world

This was a great and inspiring story

Overall it's an ugly story of bickering and mental illness.

Hers is a story worth telling.

It isn’t a pretty story about education but about a strict harsh and abusive family story

Remarkable story

I usually don't like memoirs; however this is a story we need to hear.

Of course, it must be based on a lot of truth for surely the publisher vented the book, but, God, what an unbelievable story

Remarkable story

It is an amazing story that you have to read it to believe it

The young author is a stellar story teller of her heartbreaking and finally ‘valued added’ first 30 years!

Excellent story.

Very inspiring story which proves the limits of human will and perspective.

Loved this story

Amazing story

Such a great story about the true feeling about gaslighting, abuse, and rising above your struggles

This story made me sad and angry.

I certainly enjoyed her story and her sharp, reflective prose, but I worry about the implications of romanticizing higher education with no real analysis of its pros and cons.

Wonderful story

Most of the group did not like it as it is not a comfortable story.

Great story.

This is an uplifting story that will inspire everyone that reads her book.

It is a hard story told very well.

An unusual story that was absolutely captivating.

The story was amazing and made for good discussion at my book club.

The book was an amazing life story

Excellent read, unbelievable true story.

A fascinating true story

This story is an inspiring and a triumph saga of one kid whose parents' craziness set her up for failure.

What an amazing story and my heart hurts thinking about the craziness that Tara went through in her family

One of the best stories I have read in a long time.

The things this girl had to go through to get to where she is today are heartbreaking but the story is so inspirational

She is a very good story teller.

Her mother posts on Facebook regularly about how the story is inconsistent and that she is always welcome home

This was an amazing story of strength and resiliency.

A look at relationships within the family plus an incredible story of life in the mountains of Idaho

Westover deliver a story too vivid to be fiction, yet terrifyingly true

Hard to read, but a great survival story!

but I feel like everyone and their brother writes a story about the things they endured

It is a triumphant story

While estranged from half her family, she has surely won the hearts of thousands with her warm and heartfelt story.

It was hard for me to believe that this was a story of a young lady, as it seems like this story should be been from years ago.

Amazing story of determination, focus, redemption and a little luck.

The story is heartbreaking and courageous.

The bewildering and shockingly true story of a woman’s life growing up as an off-the-grid survivalist Mormon, and how she escapes her toxic, and at times dangerous, family

An incredible story

This was an amazing story that was hard to put down

Tara's story was hard to read

The remarkable story of Tara Westover growing up in an extreme Mormon, anti-Government, Anti-schooling home

Anyone who thinks that the stories she tells are false has never experienced rural communities or families like the Westovers

So eloquently written in a way that barely reveals any biases, Tara's story is shocking and captivating in a readthroughthenight kind of way

The story is unbelievable but it rings so true.

Incredible read, unbelievable story, and timely

Fresh voice, riveting story

“Educated” is a powerful story of survival and emotional struggle of moving from a world stepped in fear and limited access to formal education to a world of possibilities and knowledge and the hardship that comes with the breaking of the bonds between those two worlds

Amazing story about the strong pull of ones family, and the resilience and strength required to acknowledge and move away from a dysfunctional family system.

Such a well-written story

What a nice story.

The author's story was hard to comprehend and we have admiration for what she has been able to accomplish.

This is a difficult story to read, where love and cruelty go hand in hand in a dysfunctional family that the reader knows will be doomed.

For me, her story is too terrible to read about

Good read and a great success story

Simply one of the most remarkable life stories I have ever

Tough story to read

Sad story.

This is a well written insightful and amazing story!

This is not a feel good Hallmark story, but a gritty gut wrenching tale of one girl's struggle to survive and eventually thrive.

This book is,well written and tells a,story so vivid it is st the same timeless to believe and hard believe

Loved the story - can’t believe she made it through all the tribulations that she did to get to where she is now

Fascinating story of a woman who got her education despite no support from her family

Nice story, good reading

Amazing story.

An amazing, very sad complex story.

Amazing story!

I liked the interesting and crazy story of her life.

What an amazing story.

Very powerful story and beautifully written.

What a great story

Great true story with lots of transparency.

It is a remarkable story and is so well written

Excellent story of perseverance and the ability to thrive despite one's situation.

This is a disturbing story

Stunning story, beautifully written and narrated.

I have never read a book quite like this, but then this is a most unusual story.

Amazing and true story

Fantastic story!

A great read and amazing story of overcoming the odds

Her style is very easy to follow but the story of such abuse is hard to take for over 300 pages

It was a well written and fascinating story, but quite depressing.

I really wanted to love this book because the story seems so remarkable, but it did not meet my expectations.

Loved the story and the incredible resilience of the people in this family

The story was fascinating

Her story was so scary at times, because of her father who was a lunatic.

Unbelievable story of life as she knew it and life outside of her comfort zone and overcoming

A great story of determination

Powerful story, incredible memoir

What an amazingly well written and at times unbelievable story/life.

Great story

Great first person story telling, fascinating description of Mormon ways

This story will make you angry and break your heart and give you hope for the resilience of the human spirit

What a great story!

I couldn’t stop reading Tara’s account of her life and how she had to deal with the “ family ties that bind” a great story teller and an inspiring human

Heartbreaking at times but a great story of survival and perseverance.

The author has an incredible story to tell and I'm glad she did.

Great writing, incredible story...

but I really enjoyed her story.

Such an amazing story from start to finish

It is an amazing story of struggle in life and moving forward

but I put your excellent biography "becoming" on hold whilst I devoured this utterly amazing story

Fascinating story and really well written.

Being from a modest but comfortable family this story makes me admire this tenacious author

This work is an incredible story of one young woman’s escape to a better world, not leaving out one part of the pain and guilt this caused her

I loved this story and a great quality book

This book is very well written and an incredible story of determination and resilience

After seeing picture of her father on-line post the fire she described, it doesn't look like his injuries were as severe as the story she wrote claimed

This was quite an amazing and inspirational story about mental illness, mental health, resilience and faith.

Great true story

It is amazing to see how the author developed during this tragic story into a strong woman and is helping similar cases today.

Interesting story, however, I grew tired of the main character acting as if things were normal at her house

This story left me sad and depressed.

what a powerful story--true--about the quest of a woman to honor her father and mother and still "to thine own self be true

I enjoyed this story.

Not only is the story profoundly intriguing, but the writing is top notch

Amazing story!

Thank you for sharing a difficult story.

Fascinating story of her life growing up a parent with mental illness.

The story is fascinating!

The story is fresh, shocking and compelling

It is a true story about overcoming extreme adversity and succeeding far beyond all expectations

This is an amazing story of how a young girl pulls herself out of an abusive, crazed household to a fine education and future

It's an amazing story.

If you like surviving childhood stories this one is for you.

Tara tells the powerful story of her painful evolution from an uneducated daughter of a strong, but ignorant, father to her coming to terms with who she is and how she wishes to live.

Thank you for sharing a difficult story.

Great read and story

So, if you don’t like her story, then maybe think about your own, and how you would tell it

It was very engaging as an amazing story.

Fantastic story

Unbelievable story of perseverance despite hardships and the magic of education

An amazing story!

Interesting story as I read and wanted to keep reading

After seeing picture of her father on-line post the fire she described, it doesn't look like his injuries were as severe as the story she wrote claimed

I gave it four stars only because it was such a sad story of a child who deserved better.

Unbelievable story

The true story is both tragic and inspiring

The story is by turns horrifying (if you believe that whatever happens is God's will, you avoid accountability for putting your children at risk) and uplifting (Eliza Doolittle eschews fundamentalist beliefs and gets a first class education), but toward the end, I found it tedious.

A wonderful, compelling story!

What an inspiring story

A beautiful story from a beautiful mind

Loved the story, but prepare for gut punching accidents with this family

Her story is powerful, thought provking, and inpirational

Interesting, moving, powerful story.

Heartbreaking at times but a great story of survival and perseverance.

Inspiring story!

Amazing story and kept having to remind myself it was a memoir

This is a thrilling story set during WW11 against the backdrop of oppression and horror

It is the story of a strong woman who moved ahead dispute her background in a family with mental illness

I enjoyed the whole book, an amazing story and very well written

Amazing story.

Sad story with a partial bright future

Amazing story of resilience!

An amazing story

although it’s not a relatively happy story, I thought it was told beautifully

It is a beautiful story, eloquently written and will grab you from page one

An amazing story.

Unbelievable but true story of growing up with such a great mind that Tara overcame insurmountable odds and was educated

I believe this story is accurate to Tara's perspective and memories

It felt like the same abusive dad story over and over again

Amazing story, I would definitely recommend.

This is a powerful story about a young woman's struggle to realize her potential while struggling with her family's ignorance.

Great story of living in a small community of Mormons in Idaho.

(My wife had to remind me that you know she's still alive, but yet the story was scary.

Unbelievably well written, and story that pulls at my heart.

Amazing story of personal growth and discovery in the modern day, the fact that this took place near my home town and with an understanding of the cultural influence and regional influences allows a peek into what may be more common than people realize.

It’s a sad story and the story gives you a sense of pride for what she accomplished

Inspiring, frustrating and often terrifying story

Educated is an incredible story of endurance of spirit.

Her story is remarkable

It was a well written and fascinating story, but quite depressing.

A great read and amazing story of overcoming the odds

Her story is honest, captivating, and an unbelievable mix of brave decisions, self reliance, self confidence, and determination

This was an incredible story that became even more outrageous with each new chapter

Incredible story about survival in a very dysfunctional family.

Good true story.

Thank you for sharing your powerful story, Tara Westover.

Educated is a fantastic story of a women realizing there is so much more to the world then just her tight-nit family, she developed her own perspective of the world and the events that have taken place throughout history, and ultimately become an educated individual who can weigh the pros and cons of serious political topics for herself and not just vote or decide that one way is forever correct

Good story

However, this story read like a fiction book

Fascinating story

A very inspiring story about not giving up.

An amazing story about an amazing woman.

It’s well written and an amazing true story

Incredible story, could hardly put it down

A great story that leaves you inspired.

good story but writing is overrated

A wonderful story of strength and survival

Great story about strength and overcoming family and cultural obstacles.

The story is powerful but her writing style is just as entertaining

I liked the interesting and crazy story of her life.

I found the entire story unbelievable and truly amazing.

I love getting healthy exercise and fresh air while at the same time receiving immense enjoyment from such an exciting story, not to mention the educational value of learning about such an unusual niche group of American families.

Good story.

An amazing, very sad complex story.

The author’s story is painful and hard to read but draws you in immediately and keeps you in to the very end

Her story is just truly inspiring and everyone regardless of age should be able to enjoy the book

It is an amazing story of love, courage and the importance of being open to knowing more.

What an amazing story - It reads like a great novel, and a page-turner, at that

This story and this protagonist and her family will haunt you for awhile after reading.

The story still haunts me.

Such a hard story to hear

Very interesting, amazing story about her life.

These stories are shocking because they are so rare.

It was an incredible story, but it could have been shortened

The story is intriguing.

Good story about family loyalty.

I’m not enjoying negative stories at this time given our country and the worlds issues

“Educated” is a powerful story of survival and emotional struggle of moving from a world stepped in fear and limited access to formal education to a world of possibilities and knowledge and the hardship that comes with the breaking of the bonds between those two worlds

Incredible read, unbelievable story, and timely

An incredible story of resilience and courage

I loved this story

Amazing story set so close to home

Very moving and sometimes disturbing story

I mean even if it isn't completely true, that shouldn't get in the way of a good story.

The story of Tara Westover is simply unbelievable

The story itself was sad but hopeful

, it is a good story, just too long.

The story of this writer is amazing, yes, but the way it was presented and marketed made me felt cheated as a reader.

It is a story of a young woman whose family lives off the grid, relatively in solitary from all other town folk, refuses to interact with the government or medical establishment in any manner

Amazing true story, yet horrific to imagine having to endure in this day and time.

The story is heartbreaking and courageous.

What a fascinating, well crafted story and life.

The story made my heart bleed.

Such an incredible and complex story that will leave you on the edge of your seat

It’s a strange, haunting story of how mental illness in a parent and the ensuing dysfunction can make life so confusing, difficult, and ultimately lonely for the children.

Tara is an amazing writer with an incredible life story

This was an unpleasant story to read.....the horrific conditions in which the parents raised their children was very distressing.

Fascinating story

Amazing true story!

Very good story

An amazing story, which took amazing courage to tell

What an amazing story and my heart hurts thinking about the craziness that Tara went through in her family

Love the life story and the fight for the self awareness

Excellent read, unbelievable true story.

An amazing story of one woman’s journey to learn and evolve despite her family’s beliefs

This book is a has a great story and is very well written.

Amazing story.

An astonishing story, yes, but her storytelling ability is what makes this autobiographical book a page turner.

An excellent story and easy read.

I certainly enjoyed her story and her sharp, reflective prose, but I worry about the implications of romanticizing higher education with no real analysis of its pros and cons.

Thoroughly enjoyed this engaging and compelling story

A very poignant story about a life that was far from ideal.

Intriguing story of the struggles in families, especially if there is a need to break away.

She told a horrendous story with calm dignity and great compassion

I thoroughly enjoyed this story and am so happy she got to the other side of her issues with herself and her family.

A truly amazing story

This story is about mental and physical abuse, mental and physical suffering, and a certain triumph at overcoming adversity

The story intrigued me.

It isn’t a pretty story about education but about a strict harsh and abusive family story

Interesting story

Just an incredible story of Education and Dysfunctional Family’s colliding

A great story of a young lady finding herself.

True story of a cult type family & their terrible existence because of the father's mental illness that he interrupts as him being a prophet.

The unbelievable and gripping story is of how she ended up with a Harvard doctorate and a bestselling book at age 33.

Ms. Westover's life story (well first 30 or so years) is told in a gripping way, incredible event, one after another

A difficult story that often made me cringe

Interesting story.

Incredible story escaping from a family that gives new meaning to the term "dysfunctional

Great, gripping story, well written.

This book is well written and is an important story to be told.

Fascinating story and well written.

Your story is humbling

Great and powerful story!!!

The story of fanatical survivalist and children raised under those conditions was fascinating in how versions of shared events, history, and social norms can be interperted so vastly differently when adding parania and fear to the mix

The personal accounts, the emotional depictions and the overall message is nothing shy of a well written phenomenal story.

It had come from those moments on the floor, from knowing that Mother was in the next room, closing her eyes and ears to me, and choosing, for that moment, not to be my mother at all.”Educated by Tara Westover is the true story of a woman who truly rose above the hardships and abuse she suffered as a child and against all odds found peace, healing, and worked her way through a doctorate.

This is a remarkable story!

This book is intriguing, well written, and a very good story

The story is almost unbelievable–unless you've lived in a small, isolated rural community

Intriguing story of a young woman and how she managed to not only survive against all odds but to achieve incredible accomplishments while questioning her own sanity.

The story was griping and hard to lay aside.

I suspect the story might have been helped by the maturity in such an amount of time as well.

Amazing story, easy to read

This sad story should have remained in the family

Certainly the author is telling her story, but other than being cathartic, I fail to see the message for the reader

An incredible story, beautifully written

The story was easy to follow and comprehend

It’s an amazing and unique story and yet so relatable

Powerful true story!

Not my usual reading type but fascinating story nonetheless

This is an unbelievable story and a triumph of a girl who conquered the world on her own

Great story.

A great story

Tara's story is such an inspiration.

It is an inspiring story of a remarkable young woman who managed to overcome her difficult upbringing.

Amazing book and story, vivid descriptions

There are so many messages and storylines that make this story so thought provoking and can easily resonate with

It’s a great value but a story like this is available to anyone willing to read it.

What an incredible story!

Unique story well told.

Amazing true story.

But the story made me angry hearing over and over how so-called "faith based" individuals can fail to live with common decency and care of their families.

This was a very uplifting story of a young lady who was brought up in a difficult and strict lifestyle

Was a very slow story to me and the ending was very disappointing.

A truly inspirational story.

pretty sad story.

Her persistence to survive and her willingness to tell this incredulous story.

I won't go into the story itself, but it's an incredible story of seeing the world in a certain way only to have those layers peeled back

Great story!

If I hadn't been born and raised in North Idaho, I would think this story was more fiction than a memoir.

Amazing story that should inspire anyone overcoming great obstacles.amazing

It was not an easy story to read, events were disturbing, and some parts were repetitive

Such a great story

I had to put it down several times and read something else but always found myself relating stories from it and sometimes recommending

fascinating, wild story and great author

Overall I very much enjoyed this story and will be recommending it to friends and family.

You will becomes obsessed with each chapter, each little story within the story, and with finding out what happens to her

What an easy read, loved the story, very well written

This story was difficult to read at times.

Incredible story of self-discovery, freedom and liberation

Kudos for sharing this story of perservance and triumph despite the odds.

This was a great life story of Tara Westover; however, I found it a difficult read

And this is the powerful story of how one woman was able to escape the terrible dysfunction and make a life for herself

Educated is an important story about a brilliant girl growing up in a dysfunctional family while trying desperately to belong

Great true story!

An amazing and true story of a young woman growing up in an extremely disjunctional family .

Wonderful story

Great story.

An astonishing story beautifully told

The story of Tara Westover's life is fascinating and captures a reader like a work of fiction

I loved this story.

I'm sorry the author had to go through that for such an amazing story to come through.

It was a sobering story of profound denial, mental illness, neglect, and abuse--to say nothing of fanaticism

This is a story well worth your time, and I highly recommend it.

However for me, the story is just not too believable

Fascinating story.

What an amazing story

It's an unforgettable story.

This is a good story of growing up in a dysfunctional, survivalist family.

A powerful story of a child’s journey through an abusive childhood and her redemption through her education.

An exasperating, unbelievable, amazing and fantastic story of the life of a young girl growing up with a family that is living under the whims and decisions of a father who is very unstable

It easily contains some of the most frightening and simultaneously beautiful stories I’ve read in a work of non-fiction

Amazing story, amazing insights, amazing voice and an unforgettable human being.

fascinating, wild story and great author

What an amazing story

Powerful story of courage and determination.

Fascinating story

This true story reads like a novel

A very well told story, drawing me in completely

Oh my, THIS was an incredible story well told

Incredible story and very well-written

Unbelievable true story

When I was reading her story, it was like I was reading a story of me in an alternate reality

The courage it took to write it, the clear and compelling story lines that HAPPENED to this fantastic young woman, the inspiration that it gives that yes, with enough grit and determination and EDUCATION you can achieve.

Amazing story.

But Tara is a beautiful writer, and I was hooked on the compelling, at times infuriating, story.

Inspirational real life story

An excellent story of a young woman's escape from a lack of education in a repressive home.

What a sad but wonderful story.

Well written, beautiful story and believable.

The story was captivating, thought

A really amazing story of growth and education in all forms, and learning to hear (and listen) to one’s own voice.

Very unusual, interesting, and mesmerizing story.

The story is absolutely incredible, unfortunately, the writing doesn't match the story

An incredible story about a young woman who manages to overcome repression and control of very devout and fanatical religious parents to achieve amazing success.

This is a powerful story of one person’s journey growing up in a family defined by love, loyalty, control and mental illness, all co-existing and creating a complex family dynamic and a wounded self

I appreciated both the author’s story and the engaging way in which it was written

Amazing story about Tara's life and overcoming the obstacles in her way

But, it felt like an unfinished story

Great story!

An awesome inspiring story of overcoming adversity.

This is a great story and I recommend this book to anyone who may have experienced a challenging childhood.

Excellent story of family dynamics, of love, pain and acceptance

What a great story.

It may be a cliche, but I must say: This is a great story of the triumph of the human spirit!

An inspiring story of courage & strength.

Amazing story and well written!!

I think Tara Westover’s story is just incredible

An amazing true story

This book was an outstanding story of beliefs we are at times indoctrinated into as children and the impact they have on our lives.

Hard to put down, engrossing story of how one woman overcame the effects of being raised in an abusive environment created by extreme religious beliefs and practices

In a way, this is a rags-to-riches story, but also an ignorance-to-enlightenment story, hence the title: Educated

Remarkable story about survival and the will to succeed

Absolutely amazing story of triumph!

What an heartbreaking story

It is hard to put down as the life recounted is so full of strange, terrifying and wonderful stories

An incredible story

Unbelievable story.

An incredibly captivating story that feels like it should be impossible

I expected this true story to be about the struggles of a home schooled girl adjusting to society outside of her limited experience and and her struggle to fill in the blanks in her education .

The book is a story of individual and family survival, the devastation of un and misdiagnosed mental illness, the celebration of natural healing, the will to change, and the power of transformation

Great story.

I cannot begin to explain how much I enjoyed this story

Amazing story of an unbelievably twisted upbringing

The story was tragic and sad

At some points I had to remind myself that this was a biography and not a fictional story, it was that good

While her story is real and I can respect that, I just wish someone had been able to get her to view reality long before she suffered so much.

I found this to be a very powerful and engaging story as the author comes to terms with the destructive power of distorted religious views in combination with mental illness

Well how come the rest of us can’t get into an Ivy League or get A’s on essays or 100% on finals that we failed the midterm for?

n’t put down but dread seeing it end.

n’t write another book unless she has actually freed her mind.

n’t think the author is lying (as others claim)