The Quirky Bookworm

Title: EducatedAuthor Tara WestoverPublisher: Random HousePublication Date: February 20th, 2018Page Length: 352 I was not familiar with Educated by Tara Westover until I saw a coworker reading the book. I asked him what the memoir was about and he explained that it was about a young woman that was isolated…

Title: Growing UpAuthor: Russell BakerPublisher: PlumePublication Date: June 1982Page Length: 278 Russell Baker’s memoir, Growing Up, is a heartfelt memoir that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1983. Baker writes about growing up as a young boy during the Depression and his experience fighting in World War II as a Navy…