Educated is a work of nonfiction. Some names and identifying details have been changed.
Copyright © 2018 by Second Sally, Ltd.
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NAMES: Westover, Tara, author.
TITLE: Educated : a memoir / Tara Westover.
DESCRIPTION: New York : Random House, [2018]
IDENTIFIERS: LCCN 2017037645 | ISBN 9780399590504 | ISBN 9780399590511 (ebook)
SUBJECTS: LCSH: Westover, Tara—Family. | Women—Idaho—Biography. | Survivalism—Idaho—Biography. | Home schooling—Idaho—Anecdotes. | Women college students—United States—Biography. | Victims of family violence—Idaho—Biography. | Subculture—Idaho. | Christian biography. | Idaho—Rural conditions—Anecdotes. | Idaho—Biography.
CLASSIFICATION: LCC CT3262.I2 W47 2018 | DDC 270.092 [B]—dc23
LC record available at lccn.loc.gov/2017037645
International ISBN 9780525510673
Ebook ISBN 9780399590511
Book design by Barbara M. Bachman, adapted for ebook
Cover illustration: Patrik Svensson
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Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Epigraph
Author’s Note
Prologue
Part One
Chapter 1: Choose the Good
Chapter 2: The Midwife
Chapter 3: Cream Shoes
Chapter 4: Apache Women
Chapter 5: Honest Dirt
Chapter 6: Shield and Buckler
Chapter 7: The Lord Will Provide
Chapter 8: Tiny Harlots
Chapter 9: Perfect in His Generations
Chapter 10: Shield of Feathers
Chapter 11: Instinct
