Audiobook Educated by Tara Westover in the ListenBook app
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Book description
You don't just hear Tara Westover's Educated; you feel the grit of Idaho junkyard metal under your nails and smell the dubious herbal poultices. Born to survivalists who'd rather treat burns with crushed mint than a hospital, Tara's first classroom visit came at seventeen. Her father's rule? No schools, no doctors, no outside influence. Just her mother's "herbalism" (a fancy word for hope) and her father's paranoid stockpiling of canned peaches for the apocalypse. The sheer, absurd audacity of this setup-gashes, concussions, explosions all handled with tinctures and prayer-hits harder when Westover narrates it herself. Her voice, calm but laced with the quiet intensity of someone still processing the trauma, makes the horror feel intimate, not exploitative. You're not just learning about her journey; you're sitting in her father's junkyard, feeling the same disorientation she did when she finally cracked open a textbook. The book's magic lies in its unflinching look at the cost of education: the grief of leaving behind the only family you knew, the way knowledge can feel like a betrayal. Westover doesn't romanticize her escape to Cambridge; she shows the raw, messy work of becoming someone new while your old self is still screaming in the background. And the audiobook? It's perfect. Her narration strips away any distance, making the pivotal moments-the first time she learns about the Holocaust, the moment she realizes her brother's violence was never "just an accident"-land with physical weight. You hear the hesitation, the dawning horror, the quiet resolve. It's not just a memoir; it's a masterclass in how education isn't just about facts, but about seeing the world-and yourself-clearly for the first time. The irony? A family that hoarded peaches for the end times found itself on the brink of a new world, one they never saw coming. And honestly? After hearing Westover's voice guide you through it all, you'll never look at a textbook the same way again.
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Download audiobooks from any site in any of the supported formats.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
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Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
App for those who love audiobooks
ListenBook has the features you need no matter what you are listening to
Listening to fiction
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Listening to audio lectures
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience
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