Father Doesn’t Know Best
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Educated:A Memoir
Tara Westover, 2018
302 Pages
Library copies available
In these glory days of MAGA, many a good neighbor proves their dedication to “liberty” and “individualism” through anti-vaxxing and homeschooling. One can’t help but wonder how the kids will turn out. Tara Westover, raised by extremists, isolated from mainstream society, ended up ok, but apparently her tale is rather amazing.
Publisher’s Summary: Educated is a bestselling 2018 memoir by Tara Westover about her journey from a survivalist family in rural Idaho, with no formal education, to earning a PhD from Cambridge University. The book chronicles her struggle to reconcile her desire for knowledge with her family's isolationist and often abusive ideology, detailing her first time in a classroom at age 17 and her subsequent academic achievements. It's a story of resilience, the power of education, and the complex relationship between family and self-discovery, becoming a major cultural phenomenon and a New York Times bestseller.