Author Tara Westover grew up in an extreme survivalist family in Idaho. She and her siblings had no formal education, but she taught herself algebra, aced the entrance exam for BYU and got in.

Author Tara Westover on what it means to be 'Educated' Play 11:07 Close ×. Copy ... I believed my family was a part of this immortal pattern, that we were, in some sense, eternal.

Tara Westover, author of the best selling book ‘Educated ... Westover went on to write a book about her journey through education and the impact it had on her relationship with her family.

Tara Westover's journey from off-the-grid childhood to Cambridge 06:42. The new memoir, "Educated," traces the unlikely path of a girl growing up entirely off the grid in Idaho to a woman earning ...

Book review. When does a child begin to understand that her family is different? For Tara Westover, the realization came in pieces — raw as an injury at first, then quickly covered over with ...

Author and guest speaker Tara Westover was presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures in association with the UCSB Writing Program at a festive season opening night reception and dinner Oct. 1 in the ...

EDUCATED: A Memoir, by Tara Westover. Random House, 334 pp., $28. How many ways can a family be screwed up? Let us, via memoirs, count the ways. Bohemians surely know how to do it. In Jeanette ...

Tara Westover, author of our May pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer questions from readers, plus Jeff announces June’s book.

Here & Now's Robin Young talks with Westover about her best-selling memoir, in which she recounts growing up in and ultimately leaving behind an extreme survivalist family in Idaho.

Here & Now's Robin Young talks with Westover about her best-selling memoir, in which she recounts growing up in and ultimately leaving behind an extreme survivalist family in Idaho.