The Resource Educated : a memoir, Tara Westover
Educated : a memoir, Tara Westover
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The item Educated : a memoir, Tara Westover represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Educated : a memoir, Tara Westover represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- 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. 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."--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 512 pages (large print)
- Note
- Title from web page
- Isbn
- 9780525589983
- Label
- Educated : a memoir
- Title
- Educated
- Title remainder
- a memoir
- Statement of responsibility
- Tara Westover
- Subject
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- Home schooling -- Idaho -- Anecdotes
- Idaho -- Biography
- Idaho -- Rural conditions -- Anecdotes
- Large type books
- Subculture -- Idaho
- Survivalism -- Idaho -- Biography
- Victims of family violence -- Idaho -- Biography
- Westover, Tara -- Family
- Women -- Idaho -- Biography
- Women college students -- United States -- Biography
- Autobiographies
- Christian biography
- Language
- eng
- 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. 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."--Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Westover, Tara
- Dewey number
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- 270.092
- B
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Westover, Tara
- Women
- Survivalism
- Home schooling
- Women college students
- Victims of family violence
- Subculture
- Christian biography
- Idaho
- Idaho
- Large type books
- Label
- Educated : a memoir, Tara Westover
- Note
- Title from web page
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn989962383
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 512 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780525589983
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)989962383
- Label
- Educated : a memoir, Tara Westover
- Note
- Title from web page
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn989962383
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 512 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780525589983
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)989962383
Subject
- Home schooling -- Idaho -- Anecdotes
- Idaho -- Biography
- Idaho -- Rural conditions -- Anecdotes
- Large type books
- Subculture -- Idaho
- Survivalism -- Idaho -- Biography
- Victims of family violence -- Idaho -- Biography
- Westover, Tara -- Family
- Women -- Idaho -- Biography
- Women college students -- United States -- Biography
- Autobiographies
- Christian biography
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- trueLibraryReads Favorites: 2018
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2018
- trueSchool Library Journal's Adult Books 4 Teens: 2018
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Audio Nonfiction
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