Educated :
Author
Format:
Large print
Physical Description
493 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
Production / Publication Information
[New York] : Random House Large Print, [2018]
Summary
"Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag." In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara's older brothers became violent. As a way out, Tara began to educate herself, learning enough mathematics and grammar to be admitted to Brigham Young University. Her quest for knowledge would transform her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge. Only then would she wonder if she'd traveled too far, if there was still a way home. With the acute insight that distinguishes all great writers, Tara Westover has crafted a universal coming-of-age story that gets to the heart of what an education offers: the perspective to see one's life through new eyes, and the will to change it."--Provided by publisher.
Call Number
LARGE PRINT BIOGRAPHY WESTOVER, TA.
Publication Date
2018
Language
English
ISBN
9780525589983
Educated :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
xiii, 334 pages ; 24 cm
Production / Publication Information
New York : Random House, [2018]
Summary
Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag." In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. Her father distrusted the medical establishment, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse. Gashes and concussions, even burns from explosions, were all treated at home with herbalism. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when an older brother became violent. When another brother got himself into college and came back with news of the world beyond the mountain, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. She taught herself enough mathematics, grammar, and science to take the ACT and was admitted to Brigham Young University. There, she studied psychology, politics, philosophy, and history, learning for the first time about pivotal world events like the Holocaust and the Civil Rights Movement. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if she'd traveled too far, if there was still a way home
Call Number
BIOGRAPHY WESTOVER, TA.
Publication Date
2018
Language
English
ISBN
9780399590504 9781786330512 9781443452472 9780399590511 9780399590528
Educated :
Author
Format:
Audio disc
Physical Description
10 audio discs (approximately 12 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition
Unabridged.
Production / Publication Information
New York, NY : Random House Audio ; [Westminster, MD] : Books on Tape, [2018]
Summary
Traces the author's experiences as a child born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, describing her participation in her family's paranoid stockpiling activities and her resolve to educate herself well enough to earn acceptance into a prestigious university and the unfamiliar world beyond.
Call Number
CD BIOGRAPHY WESTOVER, TA.
Publication Date
2018
Language
English
ISBN
9780525528050 9780525528074 9780593105320
Educated :
Author
Format:
Sound recording
Physical Description
1 audio media player (720 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Edition
Unabridged.
Production / Publication Information
Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2018]
Summary
Traces the author's experiences as a child born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, describing her participation in her family's paranoid stockpiling activities and her resolve to educate herself well enough to earn acceptance into a prestigious university and the unfamiliar world beyond.
Call Number
PLAYAWAY BIOGRAPHY WESTOVER, TA.
Publication Date
2018
Language
English
ISBN
9781987146127
Una educación
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
464 pages ; 23 cm.
Edition
Primera edición.
Production / Publication Information
Miami, FL : Lumen, 2018.
Summary
Cómo una educación puede salvar una vida. "Podéis llamarlo transformación. Metamorfosis. Falsedad. Traición. Yo lo llamo una educación." Nacida en las montañas de Idaho, Tara Westover ha crecido en armonía con una naturaleza grandiosa y doblegada a las leyes que establece su padre, un mormón fundamentalista convencido de que el final del mundo es inminente. Ni Tara ni sus hermanos van a la escuela o acuden al médico cuando enferman. Todos trabajan con el padre, y su madre es curandera y única partera de la zona. Tara tiene un talento: el canto, y una obsesión: saber. Pone por primera vez los pies en un aula a los diecisiete años: no sabe que ha habido dos guerras mundiales, pero tampoco la fecha exacta de su nacimiento (no tiene documentos). Pronto descubre que la educación es la única vía para huir de su hogar. A pesar de empezar de cero, reúne las fuerzas necesarias para preparar el examen de ingreso a la universidad, cruzar el océano y graduarse en Cambridge, aunque para ello deba romper los lazos con su familia. Westover ha escrito una historia extraordinaria -su propia historia-, una formidable epopeya, desgarradora e inspiradora, sobre la posibilidad de ver la vida a través de otros ojos, y de cambiar, que se ha convertido en un resonante éxito editorial.
Call Number
SPANISH BIOGRAPHY WESTOVER, TA.
Publication Date
2018
Language
Spanish
ISBN
9781949061499
Ni dang xiang niao fei wang ni de shan =
Title
你当像鸟飞往你的山 = Educated / [美] 塔拉・韦斯特弗著 ; 任爱红译.
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
388 pages ; 21 cm
Edition
Di 1 ban.
Production / Publication Information
Haikou : Nanhai chu ban gong si, 2019.
Summary
"人们只看到我的与众不同�一个十七岁前从未踏入教室的大山女孩�却戴上一顶学历的高帽�熠熠生辉。只有我知道自己的真面目�我来自一个极少有人能想象的家庭。我的童年由垃圾场的废铜烂铁铸成�那里没有读书声�只有起重机的轰鸣。不上学�不就医�是父亲要我们坚持的忠诚与真理。父亲不允许我们拥有自己的声音�我们的意志是他眼中的恶魔。哈佛大学�剑桥大学�哲学硕士�历史博士......我知道�像我这样从垃圾堆里爬出来的无知女孩�能取得如今的成就�应当感激涕零才对。但我丝毫提不起热情。我曾怯懦、崩溃、自我怀疑�内心里有什么东西腐烂了�恶臭熏天。直到我逃离大山�打开另一个世界。那是教育给我的新世界�那是我生命的无限可能" --
Call Number
CHINESE BIOGRAPHY WESTOVER, TA. 2019
Publication Date
2019
Language
Chinese
ISBN
9787544276986
Kindle e-reader [Wilmington]
Format:
Electronic Resources
System details note
Wireless reading device; U.S. power adapter voltage 100V-240V; micro-USB cable.
Physical Description
1 wireless reader with cover and power cable.
Call Number
KINDLE #2
Publication Date
2016
Language
English
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