Educated

Most of this shelf leans toward business, but Educated is here because I simply love it. Tara Westover tells the story of growing up in a strict family and finding a much wider world through school. She writes with care about memory, loyalty, and the cost of learning to trust her own mind. I like that the hardest parts are told plainly instead of being pushed at the reader. There is no business plan hiding inside it, and there does not need to be. It is a powerful, beautifully written story that stayed with me.