Nick Anderson of The Washington Post interviewed author Tara Westover about her best-selling memoir Educated and the transformative power of education during the ACE2019 Monday Luncheon Plenary.
The daughter of survivalist, fundamentalist parents, Westover grew up in Idaho and didn’t set foot in a classroom for the first time until age 17. Calling it a “book that testifies to an irrepressible thirst to learn,” The New York Times named Educated one of the 10 best books of 2018.
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Westover’s story is inspiring, there is no question about that. Her account of it, however, is not for the faint of heart. If you haven’t read Edcuated yet, then please read this first: https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/08/14/educating-ourselves-about-violence/