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Educated : a memoir / Tara Westover.

Westover, Tara, (author.).

Summary:

"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."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781443452489
  • ISBN: 9780399590504
  • Physical Description: xv, 334 pages ; 23 cm
  • Edition: First Canadian edition.
  • Publisher: Toronto : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2018.
Subject: Westover, Tara > Family.
Women > Idaho > Biography.
Survivalism > Idaho > Biography.
Home schooling > Idaho > Anecdotes.
Women college students > United States > Biography.
Victims of family violence > Idaho > Biography.
Subculture > Idaho.
Christian biography.
Idaho > Rural conditions > Anecdotes.
Idaho > Biography.
Christian biography.
Genre: Autobiographies.

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  • 47 of 55 copies available at BC Public Libraries.
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  • 4 current holds with 84 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Radium Hot Springs Public Library 270.092 WES (Text) 35130000073019 Adult Non-Fiction Volume hold Checked out 2024-04-25
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Bowen Island Public Library BIO WES (Text) 30947000552527 Biographies Volume hold Available -
Burns Lake Public Library 289.3092 WES (Text) 35198000672726 Adult Non-Fiction Not holdable Lost 2020-11-10
Castlegar Public Library 270.092 WES (Text) 35146002114692 Non-Fiction Volume hold Checked out 2024-04-20
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Creston Public Library BIO WES (Text)
Acquisition Type: Donated
35140001188039 Biographies Volume hold Checked out 2024-04-27


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