https://wijnandbaretta.com/authors/westover-tara/Recent content in Westover, Tara on Wijnand Barettahttps://wijnandbaretta.com/images/og-default.pnghttps://wijnandbaretta.com/images/og-default.pngHugo -- 0.152.2enFri, 27 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://wijnandbaretta.com/books/educated-a-memoir/Fri, 27 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://wijnandbaretta.com/books/educated-a-memoir/<h1 id="educated-a-memoir-by-tara-westover">Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover</h1> <h2 id="summary">Summary</h2> <p>&ldquo;Educated: A Memoir&rdquo; is an autobiographical work by Tara Westover, recounting her journey from a childhood in rural Idaho to earning a PhD from the University of Cambridge. The memoir explores themes of self-discovery, education, and the power of knowledge. Westover grows up in a strict and isolated environment due to her family&rsquo;s fundamentalist beliefs and distrust of modern society, including schools and hospitals. Her father is a survivalist, and her mother is an herbalist and midwife who home-schools Westover and her siblings, albeit informally and inadequately. Despite this, Westover&rsquo;s thirst for knowledge drives her to pursue formal education, leading her to break away from her family and discover the transformative impact of education on her life.</p>