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Educated : a memoir / Tara Westover.
Record details
- ISBN: 0525589988 : PAP
- ISBN: 9780525589983 : PAP
- ISBN: 9780525589983
- ISBN: 0525589988
- Physical Description: 512 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
- Publisher: [New York] : Random House Large Print, [2018]
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Badges:
- Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 4 / 5.0
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Title from web page. |
| Summary, etc.: | "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. |
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| Genre: | Autobiographies. |
Available copies
- 15 of 18 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 18 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | LP B WESTOVER, T WES (Text) | 34005127258670 | Adult Biography Large Type | Available | - |
| Stafford Library | LP WESTOVER (Text) | 34061154934774 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
| Thomaston Public Library | LP B WESTOVER (Text) | 34020146466527 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Tolland Public Library | LP B WESTOVER (Text) | 34051145901404 | Adult Fiction Large Type | Available | - |
| Weston Public Library | LP 270.092 WESTOVER (Text) | 34053143831906 | Adult Nonfiction Large Type | Available | - |
| Willimantic Public Library | LT BIO WESTOVER (Text) | 34036127007791 | Adult Nonfiction Large Type | Available | - |
| Wolcott Public Library | LP WESTOVER, T. ED (Text) | 34031100754105 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
| Woodbury Public Library | LP B WESTOVER (Text) | 34018142714015 | Adult Large Type | Available | - |
Electronic resources
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