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Educated
by Westover, Tara
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0099511029
- ISBN 13
- 9780099511021
- Seller
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Morrinsville, New Zealand
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About This Item
Published by Windmill Books, London, 2018. Paperback. Condition: Good. Moderate reading wear. .
Synopsis
“Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her “head-for-the-hills bag.” In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father’s junkyard. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara’s older brothers became violent. As a way out, Tara began to educate herself, learning enough mathematics and grammar to be admitted to Brigham Young University. Her quest for knowledge would transform her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge. Only then would she wonder if she’d traveled too far, if there was still a way home. With the acute insight that distinguishes all great writers, Tara Westover has crafted a universal coming-of-age story that gets to the heart of what an education offers: the perspective to see one’s life through new eyes, and the will to change it” (from publisher).
Reviews
On Feb 24 2019, a reader said:
`An amazing story, and truly inspiring. The kind of book everyone will enjoy. IT'S EVEN BETTER THAN YOU'VE HEARD.'
Tara Westover and her family grew up preparing for the End of Days but, according to the government, she didn't exist. She hadn't been registered for a birth certificate. She had no school records because she'd never set foot in a classroom, and no medical records because her father didn't believe in hospitals. As she grew older, her father became more radical and her brother more violent. At sixteen, Tara knew she had to leave home. In doing so she discovered both the transformative power of education, and the price she had to pay for it.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Samwise Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11111123605
- Title
- Educated
- Author
- Westover, Tara
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0099511029
- ISBN 13
- 9780099511021
- Publisher
- Windmill Books
- Place of Publication
- NY
- This edition first published
- 2018
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