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Tara Westover.

“The seed of curiosity had been planted; it needed nothing more than time and boredom to grow.”

Tara Westover is an American memoirist and historian. She grew up in rural Idaho without going to school and later earned a PhD from the University of Cambridge.

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1986
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Educated
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“The skill I was learning was a crucial one, the patience to read things I could not yet understand.”

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A Memoir

Educated

Tara Westover

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Memoir · 2018

Educated

A Memoir

Tara Westover grew up in rural Idaho in a survivalist family and never went to school. She taught herself enough to get into university and went on to earn a PhD from Cambridge.

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  1. Education transformsLearning can change how you see the world and yourself.
  2. You can outgrow your pastWho you were raised to be doesn't have to define you.
  3. Memory is complicatedPeople remember the same events differently.
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