I want to say “Educated: A Memoir” by Tara Westover is one of the best books I’ve ever read.

Here, read it yourself (Amazon link, audio version is fantastic).

But is it all true? Westover comes from the most insanely deprived and dangerous childhood and ends up with a PhD in history from Cambridge University, but is her history of herself 100% true? It's such an extreme tale! Here's some well-articulated analysis: