Tara Westover

Educated

1. IDEA 1

   She grew up without school

   Westover grew up in rural Idaho in a survivalist family who distrusted government, schools and doctors. She never went to school as a child and spent her days working in her father's junkyard.

2. IDEA 2

   Her father feared the world

   Westover describes her father's strong beliefs about the end of the world and the dangers of government. The family stored food and prepared for disaster. Westover shows how these fears shaped the daily life and choices of everyone in her family.

3. IDEA 3

   Injuries went untreated

   Family members suffered serious injuries in accidents but were treated at home with herbs rather than in hospitals. Westover describes the danger this created. Westover shows how strongly her family's beliefs affected decisions about health and safety.

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