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Educated
Memoir
Westover grows up off-grid in survivalist rural Idaho, never sets foot in a classroom, and somehow ends up with a PhD from Cambridge. Gates says her capacity for self-teaching makes his own look modest.
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Bill Gates
“Her ability to learn on her own blows mine right out of the water.”
Dedicated gatesnotes review and follow-up interview with Westover. One of Gates's most-cited memoir recommendations.
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Bob Iger
“The amazing, inspiring true story of a young woman raised by a fundamentalist Mormon family in Idaho – she had no birth certificate, never attended school, never saw a doctor – who eventually, through sheer force of will, manages to leave, go to college, and ultimately receive a PhD from Cambridge. A lesson in what people can overcome.”