《Educated》作者：Tara Westover【EPUB】

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Title: Educated

Author: Tara Westover – American memoirist with a PhD from Cambridge University. Born in rural Idaho to survivalist parents, she entered a classroom for the first time at age 17. Her debut memoir won the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award and was Bill Gates’ favorite book of the year.

Key Insights:

This raw, electrifying memoir traces Westover’s journey:

A Childhood Off the Grid:

No birth certificate, no school, no doctors

Forced to work in her father’s junkyard (near-fatal accidents)

Taught herself algebra to pass the ACT

The Power of Education:

Brigham Young University → Cambridge → Harvard

Clash between family dogma and academic truth

The Cost of Awakening:

Choosing knowledge over family

PTSD from childhood abuse

书名: 《你当像鸟飞往你的山》

作者: 塔拉·韦斯特弗 – 剑桥大学博士，美国作家。17岁前从未上过学，在爱达荷州生存主义家庭长大。回忆录获2018年美国国家书评奖，比尔·盖茨年度推荐。

核心内容:

这部震撼人心的回忆录讲述：

与世隔绝的童年:

无出生证明、不上学、不看医生

在父亲废料场工作（多次濒死事故）

自学代数通过大学入学考试

教育的救赎:

杨百翰大学→剑桥→哈佛

家庭信仰与学术真相的撕裂

觉醒的代价:

在知识与亲情间抉择

童年创伤带来的PTSD

Golden Line:

“You could call this selfhood many things. Transformation. Metamorphosis. Falsity. Betrayal. I call it an education.”