Educated : a memoir
(Audiobook CD)

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Acorn Public Library District - StacksCD BIOG WESTOVER, T.On Shelf
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Published
New York, NY : Random House Audio ;, [2018].
Format
Audiobook CD
Physical Desc
10 audio discs (approximately 12 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
ISBN
9780525528050, 0525528059, 9780525528074, 0525528075
UPC
9780525528050, 9780525528074
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 6.4, 19 Points
Lexile measure
870

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General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Compact disc.
Participants/Performers
Read by Julia Whelan.
Description
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.
Awards
Alex Award, 2019
Awards
John Leonard Prize Finalist, 2018
Awards
National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography Finalist, 2018
Awards
Reading Women Award for Nonfiction, 2018
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AUDIOBOOK CD

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Westover, T., & Whelan, J. (2018). Educated: a memoir (Unabridged.). Random House Audio ;.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Westover, Tara and Julia Whelan. 2018. Educated: A Memoir. Random House Audio.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Westover, Tara and Julia Whelan. Educated: A Memoir Random House Audio, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Westover, Tara, and Julia Whelan. Educated: A Memoir Unabridged., Random House Audio ;, 2018.

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