Educated: A Memoir

I found this extremely compelling. Like, it jumped ahead of two already-started books on my list and I stayed up too late to finish it compelling. Westover gives a harrowing account of her childhood, capturing the survivalist mentality still prevalent in parts of the inland northwest and how that intersects with Mormonism, but viewed through the painfully complex lens of the emotional ties that bind us to our families. She has a remarkable degree of empathy for all the people who shaped her in childhood, and deftly resists moralizing and an overly optimistic ending. Based on this, I would read anything she ever cares to write.