{"id":539,"date":"2020-07-15T15:21:21","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T15:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultedchild.com\/?p=539"},"modified":"2021-09-06T13:23:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T13:23:15","slug":"tara-westover-educated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultedchild.net\/?p=539","title":{"rendered":"Tara Westover, Educated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>&#8220;&#8230;How much of ourselves should we give to those we love? And how much must we betray them to grow up?\u201d \u2014 <em>Vogue<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Educated.jpg\" alt=\"Educated by [Tara Westover]\" class=\"wp-image-540\" width=\"197\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Educated.jpg 315w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Educated-189x300.jpg 189w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Educated-132x210.jpg 132w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B071RQXBH2\/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B071RQXBH2\/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For readers of The Glass Castle and Wild, a stunning new memoir about family, loss and the struggle for a better future<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>&nbsp;HarperCollins Publishers (February 20, 2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Publication Date:<\/strong>&nbsp;February 20, 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For readers of&nbsp;<em>The Glass Castle<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Wild<\/em>, a stunning new memoir about family, loss and the struggle for a better future<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>#1 International Bestseller<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tara Westover was seventeen when she first set foot in a classroom. Instead of traditional lessons, she grew up learning how to stew herbs into medicine, scavenging in the family scrap yard and helping her family prepare for the apocalypse. She had no birth certificate and no medical records and had never been enrolled in school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Westover\u2019s mother proved a marvel at concocting folk remedies for many ailments. As Tara developed her own coping mechanisms, little by little, she started to realize that what her family was offering didn\u2019t have to be her only education. Her first day of university was her first day in school\u2014ever\u2014and she would eventually win an esteemed fellowship from Cambridge and graduate with a PhD in intellectual history and political thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For readers of The Glass Castle and Wild, a stunning new memoir about family, loss and the struggle for a better future<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#1 International Bestseller<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tara Westover was seventeen when she first set foot in a classroom. 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