Today’s Issue, In Three Points:
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Atlantic staffers make the case for the two books we picked for The Masthead’s summer book club.
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Educated is Tara Westover’s memoir about growing up in a Mormon survivalist family in rural Idaho. Read it for “storytelling that at every turn resists the allure of a formulaic survivor’s tale.”
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The Road to Unfreedom by Timothy Snyder is a historical account of Russia’s attempts to destabilize the modern Western world. One of our writers calls it a “deeply disturbing story of how Russia became the way it is (and how the rest of the world is becoming like Russia in the post-truth era).”
How to Join the Masthead Book Club
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Pick up Educated or The Road to Unfreedom (or both!) from your local bookstore or library. Start reading.
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Log on to the Masthead forums at forums.theatlantic.com.
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Jump into this thread to discuss Educated, and this thread to discuss The Road to Unfreedom with Atlantic staffers and fellow members.
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Join us on the forums at the end of August for conversations with both books’ authors.
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