| 7,019 | 412 | 3,020 | (4.3) | 2 | 0 | Tara Westover is an American author, based in the U.K. She was born in Idaho in 1986 and led a sheltered childhood. Her father did not believe in public education. She worked with her parents, becoming a self-taught herbalist and midwife. She did not attend a school until age seventeen. From there, went on to graduate from Brigham Young University, magna cum laude (2008) and won a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. She graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge (2009) with a Master of Philosophy degree. She was a visiting fellow at Harvard University in 2010. Later, she went back to Cambridge University and earned a PhD in history (2014). Her first book is entitled, Educated: A Memoir. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Educated: A Memoir … (more) |
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Tara Westover has 1 past event. (show)  NON-FICTION READING GROUP - Educated: a memoir WISH TO ATTEND this month’s Non-Fiction reading group? Sign up at the bookshop (limited seating). No facebook sign-up. See sign-up instructions below. *********** NON-FICTION READING GROUP Uppsala Educated: a memoir by Tara Westover Thursday 6th December at 19:00 Price: 150 kr for the book + 60 kr for the tea, cake and company
THIS MONTH we’re reading Educated: a memoir by Tara Westover. This is the story of Tara, who had no school records because she’d never set foot in a classroom, and no medical records because her father didn’t believe in hospitals. Westover grew up preparing for the End of Days, but decided to educate herself at the age of sixteen.
READ MORE about the book in the invitation to this month’s reading group: https://mailchi.mp/bookshop.se/invitation-non-fiction-ua-1811-educated
SIGN UP for this meeting either by dropping by the shop (and getting the book), or email uppsalaevents@bookshop.se (or contact the shop in any other way, by all means!)
----- OUR READING GROUPS are informal and relaxed occasions where we get together to discuss a chosen novel and enjoy some tea and cake. We currently run six reading groups: Classics, Science Fiction, Modern Fiction, Crime (Book&Pint – book discussions at the pub), Teen reading group and the new Non-Fiction reading group. (anglemark)… (more)
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