The Resource Educated : a memoir, Tara Westover
Educated : a memoir, Tara Westover
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- 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. Her father distrusted the medical establishment, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse. Gashes and concussions, even burns from explosions, were all treated at home with herbalism. 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 an older brother became violent. When another brother got himself into college and came back with news of the world beyond the mountain, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. She taught herself enough mathematics, grammar, and science to take the ACT and was admitted to Brigham Young University. There, she studied psychology, politics, philosophy, and history, learning for the first time about pivotal world events like the Holocaust and the Civil Rights Movement. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if she'd traveled too far, if there was still a way home
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xv, 334 pages
- Isbn
- 9780399590504
- Label
- Educated : a memoir
- Title
- Educated
- Title remainder
- a memoir
- Statement of responsibility
- Tara Westover
- Subject
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- Autobiographies
- Autobiography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Religious
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women
- Christian biography
- Families
- trueFamily violence
- trueFamily violence victims
- trueHome schooling
- Home schooling -- Idaho -- Anecdotes
- Idaho
- Idaho -- Biography
- trueIdaho -- Rural conditions
- Idaho -- Rural conditions -- Anecdotes
- Mormons -- Idaho -- Biography
- Preparedness -- Biography
- Rural conditions
- trueRural life
- Subculture
- Subculture -- Idaho
- trueSubcultures
- trueSurvivalism
- Survivalism
- Survivalism -- Idaho -- Biography
- United States
- Victims of family violence
- Victims of family violence -- Idaho -- Biography
- Westover, Tara
- Westover, Tara -- Family
- Women
- Women -- Idaho -- Biography
- Women college students
- trueWomen college students
- Women college students -- United States -- Biography
- Home schooling
- Adult children of dysfunctional families -- Idaho -- Biography
- Anecdotes
- 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. Her father distrusted the medical establishment, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse. Gashes and concussions, even burns from explosions, were all treated at home with herbalism. 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 an older brother became violent. When another brother got himself into college and came back with news of the world beyond the mountain, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. She taught herself enough mathematics, grammar, and science to take the ACT and was admitted to Brigham Young University. There, she studied psychology, politics, philosophy, and history, learning for the first time about pivotal world events like the Holocaust and the Civil Rights Movement. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if she'd traveled too far, if there was still a way home
- Award
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- ALA Notable Book, 2019.
- Alex Award, 2019.
- Goodreads Choice Award, 2018
- Indies' Choice Book Awards, Adult Nonfiction, 2019.
- LibraryReads Favorites, 2018.
- Library Journal Best Books, 2018.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2018
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10619899
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Westover, Tara
- Dewey number
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- 270.092
- B
- 305.90692
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Westover, Tara
- Westover, Tara
- Women
- Survivalism
- Preparedness
- Mormons
- Home schooling
- Women college students
- Victims of family violence
- Adult children of dysfunctional families
- Subculture
- Idaho
- Idaho
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Christian biography
- Families
- Home schooling
- Rural conditions
- Subculture
- Survivalism
- Victims of family violence
- Women
- Women college students
- Idaho
- United States
- Label
- Educated : a memoir, Tara Westover
- 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
- ocn986898537
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xv, 334 pages
- Isbn
- 9780399590504
- Lccn
- 2017037645
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)986898537
- Label
- Educated : a memoir, Tara Westover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn986898537
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xv, 334 pages
- Isbn
- 9780399590504
- Lccn
- 2017037645
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)986898537
Subject
- Autobiographies
- Autobiography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Religious
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women
- Christian biography
- Families
- trueFamily violence
- trueFamily violence victims
- trueHome schooling
- Home schooling -- Idaho -- Anecdotes
- Idaho
- Idaho -- Biography
- trueIdaho -- Rural conditions
- Idaho -- Rural conditions -- Anecdotes
- Mormons -- Idaho -- Biography
- Preparedness -- Biography
- Rural conditions
- trueRural life
- Subculture
- Subculture -- Idaho
- trueSubcultures
- trueSurvivalism
- Survivalism
- Survivalism -- Idaho -- Biography
- United States
- Victims of family violence
- Victims of family violence -- Idaho -- Biography
- Westover, Tara
- Westover, Tara -- Family
- Women
- Women -- Idaho -- Biography
- Women college students
- trueWomen college students
- Women college students -- United States -- Biography
- Home schooling
- Adult children of dysfunctional families -- Idaho -- Biography
- Anecdotes
Genre
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- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Paperback Nonfiction
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Hardcover Nonfiction
- trueALA Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2019
- trueAlex Award: 2019
- trueFacing Adversity
- trueGoodreads Choice Awards: 2018
- trueIndies' Choice Book Awards: Adult Nonfiction
- trueLibrary Journal Best Books: 2018 Nonfiction
- 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
- Award
- ALA Notable Book, 2019.
- Award
- Alex Award, 2019.
- Award
- Goodreads Choice Award, 2018
- Award
- Indies' Choice Book Awards, Adult Nonfiction, 2019.
- Award
- LibraryReads Favorites, 2018.
- Award
- Library Journal Best Books, 2018.
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2018
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