After reading Tara Westover's harrowing memoir Educated (#805), it is astonishing to me that she is alive to actually write this book, let alone to have traveled from an isolated Idaho mountainside to earn a Doctorate from Cambridge University on a Gates scholarship, having never set foot in a public school.
How she accomplished this despite opposition and setbacks from her own family is an amazing story. Grit and determination, plus a well-developed survival instinct all play significant roles. But then, as she points out, she had nothing and no one else to compare her life to, so her extraordinary family living off the grid was her version of normal.
You have to read Tara's story for yourself to appreciate what an incredible person she is. Don't miss Educated. It will make you count your own blessings every day.
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