I thought this would fall into the category of, saw the movie now I'll read the book and note the differences. An Education does not fall into that category at all. This memoir was not released in print until the movie version, with a screen play by Nick Hornby, was already in production. The chapter detailing her years in high school is really not a large part of the book as a whole. Instead Lynn Barber tells little vignettes of her life, her at different ages and different jobs. It is good, a quick read. I can appreciate the book and the movie separately.

It is fun to note that the traumatic things that happen to us in our high school years, really pale in comparison to the rest of ones life. I hope that is a universal truth.