May 2022 Book - Wed., the 11th @ 7PM
Educated
By: Tara Westover
Tara Westover was 17 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.
Educated is an account of the struggle for self-invention. It is a tale of fierce family loyalty and of the grief that comes with severing the closest of ties. With the acute insight that distinguishes all great writers, Westover has crafted a universal coming-of-age story that gets to the heart of what an education is and what it offers: the perspective to see one’s life through new eyes and the will to change it.
About the Book Author website Book ReviewDiscussion Questions:
- What is your interpretation of the title, Educated after reading the book?
- Think about the book’s sense of place — how was the mountain a “character” in the book?
- What was most memorable to you about the dynamics of her family?
- 45 minutes- Interview with author at Aspen Ideas festival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2XWYT-t47E
- 4 minutes- Opah interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS0P1ovIRos
- 10 minutes – CNN interview with Christina Amanpour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kgVliaMrXQ