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On the highway below, the school bus rolls past without stopping. I'm only 7 years old, but I understand that it's this fact more than any other that makes my family different. We're not going to school. Dad fears the government will force us to go, but he can't because he doesn't know about us. Four of my parents' seven children don't have birth certificates. We don't have medical records because we were born at home and never saw a doctor or nurse. We don't have school records because we have snow On the highway below, the school bus rolls past without stopping. I'm only 7 years old, but I understand that it's this fact more than any other that makes my family different. We're not going to school. Dad fears the government will force us to go, but he can't because he doesn't know about us. Four of my parents' seven children don't have birth certificates. We don't have medical records because we were born at home and never saw a doctor or nurse. We don't have a school record because we've never set foot in a classroom. Polite is both a story of hope and a horror record. We know from the front page of her book that Tara Westover is a brilliant woman, a gifted writer with an impressive, poetic command of language. But her early years offered no indication that she would become a Cambridge PhD student or a brilliant memoirist. She was the youngest of seven children born to Gene and Faye (not their real names) Westover, fundamentalists, Mormon survivalists, in rural Idaho. Tara Westover - image from her The Times We had a farm that belonged to my grandfather, and we had a recovery yard full of crumpled cars that belonged to my father. And my mother was a... she was a herbalist and a midwife. And as children, we spent a lot of hours walking up the mountain, picking up rose sides and mullet flowers that could stew in tinctures. So, in a lot of ways, it was a very nice childhood. - from the NPR interview The children were his workforce at Gene's construction site. Father was the law in their family, but it was a rule informed as much by significant mental health problems as by his ardent religious beliefs. In a less rural, less patriarchal, less religious community, theirs could easily have been considered an unsafe environment. The landfill was a particularly dangerous place. ... he simply didn't have that bone on his head that he said, that's dangerous; Don't do that. And it had a really hard time understanding the injuries even after they had happened and how serious they were. It's just... I don't know what it was about the way his mind worked. He just wasn't able to do that. - from the NPR interview Ruby Ridge had occurred when Tara was five years old, feeding her father's paranoia. Everyone had to have head-to-head bags for when the government, Deep State, choose his own boogeyman, he would come for them. He had a deep distrust of the medical profession, believing that doctors were agents of Satan, intent on doing harm. He saw the Faye herbalist practiced as the only one the only righteous treatment for their ills, calling his pharmacy products of God. And he practiced what he preached, for himself and his children, even after suffering a devastating injury. Maybe it's not an ideal way to make sure your kids reach adulthood in one piece. Viewed from Buck Peak - image from Westover's websiteThe school in the house was also less idyllic, with mom's attention spread not only about seven children, but for her work as a heroologist and later, moreover, a midwife. Luke had a learning disability, frustrating mom, who had really hoped to educate all of them. Dad undermined this, dragging the kids out to do chores and learning hands-on skills. Eventually Mom gave up. The education consisted of dropping Faye at the Carnegie Library in the city, where they could read what they wanted. Dad rustling the boys at 7 a.m., but Tyler, who had an affinity for math, often stayed inside, studying, until Dad dragged him out. ... there wasn't a lot of school going on. We had books, and from time to time we would be kind of sent to read them. But for example, I was the youngest child, and I never took an exam, or I never wrote an essay for my mother that read or anything like bringing everyone together and having something like a lesson. So it was much nicer if you wanted to read a book, you could, but they certainly wouldn't have made you do this. - from NPR interview Success or not, Tara has acquired a desire and love for learning. Tyler, a black sheep, not only loved books, but also music. This was a great tonic for Tara, who was impressed with classical and choral music her brother would play on his boom box. Not only did he find a love of music, but he found he had a gift for singing. Being a part (often the star) of the city's music productions has given her more contact with peers outside her family than she had ever had before. He was a pillar of his desire to go to school, to college, to study music. (I included a link in EXTRA STUFF to a music video where she sings lead, so you can hear for yourself.) At the age of seventeen, Tara Westover attended her first school class, at BYU, unaware of much of what was common knowledge for everyone else, resulting in a question in class about a word that everyone, I mean everyone, knows. Oopsy.Il its intellectual expansion and education is a powerful thread in its history. As her natural curiosity emerged, she was nourished, discouraged and finally triumphant. The other thread is the personal, emotional, psychological, religious and cultural challenges that he had to overcome in order to become his own person. The world in which Westover grew up was one in which a powerful patriarchy, fueled by a religious belief she applied her considerable pressure to push her into what was considered the right role for a young woman, namely housewife, mother, probably following her mother's dual career as an ermanta and midwife. And what about saying was it the right way for Tara? There was some room for manoeuvre. Once Dad sees her perform on stage, he gets hit and softens to his musical leanings. The male brothers had been allowed to go to college. But every step outside of expectations, the rules, came at a cost. Do something different and lose a piece of connection with your family. And the family was extremely important, particularly for a person whose whole life had been defined by the family, much more so than for anyone who could read his book. Westover as a wee Idaho spud - image from the NY PostA piece of this forbidden existence was a tolerance for aberrant behavior. Father was overbearing, and was imprudible of physical danger, even if it applied to his children. And wary of the medical facility. Her solution for infected tonsils was to have Tara stand outside with her mouth open to allow the healing rays of the sun. Serious injuries, including Tara punching her leg from a razor, a brother suffering severe burns to her leg, and even Dad himself suffering from catastrophic third-degree burns in a landfill explosion, had to be treated for domestic beer tinctures. He was also extremely moody, a feature he carried on in some of the genes in the family. Tara's brother Shawn, ten, was a job. She felt close to him at times. She could be kind and understanding in a way that moved her. He also saved her life in a runaway horse accident. But he had a reputation as a bar wrestler, as a person eager to fight. Sometimes his anger turned to his family. And it was not just anger, triggered by banality, but cruelty, to the point of sadism. Tara was one of the objects of her madness. Have the courage to oppose him and he would twist his arm to the point of spraining, dragging it by the hair, forcing his face into unspeakable places and demanding an apology for imaginary crimes. Perhaps even worse than this was his family's denial of it, even when it occurred right in front of them. It is this denial that has been most difficult to bear. If your parents betray you, they won't look out at you, in the face of such blatant attacks, then what is the value of the thing you hold dearest in the world? All abuse, no matter what kind of abuse is, above all, an assault on the mind. Because if you want to abuse someone, I think you have to invade their reality, to distort it, and you have to convince them of two things. You have to convince them that what you're doing isn't that bad. Which means you have to normalize it. You have to justify it, rationalize it. And the other thing you have to convince them of is that they deserve it. - from C-span interviews His brother, alias as Shawn in the book, was a manipulative master, who, for years, managed beautifully to convince Tara that what just experienced had never really happened. A frustrating aspect of the book is Tara's daunting, but also grateful ability to doubt herself, to allow others in her bullies, to convince her, doesn't think what she's thinking, that she doesn't feel what she feels she hasn't seen what she's seen. She lived in a gas world where more individuals, people who supposedly loved her, told her that what she had seen was an illusion, and that the bad things other people did were somehow her fault. Honey, wake up. How many times do you let these horrible people run away with this shit? That ages well before the end. I have been reminded a lot of victims of domestic abuse, who are convinced that they must have done something to cause, to deserve the violence they suffer. One can only hope that she has been able to completely defeat this self-blame propensity now. Years of therapy have definitely helped. Tara in Cambridge - image from Salt Lake City TribuneShe struggles with the yin and yang of her upbringing and finding her true self. His father was extreme, but also loving. His violent brother had a very kind side to him. His mother was supportive, but he was also a traitor. Her parents wanted what they thought was best for her, but eventually tried to extinguish the real Tara. The dichotomy in the book is compelling. Sometimes it reads like How Green Was My Valley, an idyllic upbringing, rich in history and tradition, both community and family, and with a strong connection to the land. Their house was at the foot of Buck Peak, which sported an almost magical feature that looked like an Indian princess, and was the source of legends. In others, it's like a horror novel, a testament to the power of reality-bending, indoctrination, and perhaps even Stockholm syndrome. How she survived feeling like the alien she was in BYU and later Cambridge, is incredible, and a testament to her inner strength and intellectual gifts. Westover took a few breaks in his lifetime, teachers, one at BYU, another at Cambridge, who spotted the diamond in his rough, and helped her in her educational research. Reading about this support, I had the same joyful weepy feeling as when Hagrid informs a very young boy, Yer a magician, Harry. When he talked about writing the book, Westover had no idea how to go about it, well, this kind of book, anyway. He had already written a doctoral thesis. But he had piles of diaries he's been keeping since he was ten. In understanding how to move from desire to realization, an important resource was listening to the New York fiction podcast, with its attention to short stories. And he took in a lot of books about writing. It is certainly clear that, just as he had the means to go from no-doctoral school to Cambridge, he demonstrated the ability to understand how to write a moving, compelling memoir. Educated is a triumph, a remarkable work, well told, of the journey from an isolated childhood, fundamentalist, survivalist, evidence of becoming, to adulthood as an erudite and accomplished survivor. It is a powerful powerful look the bonds, benefits and dangers of families. Ultimately, Educated is a rewarding odyssey you don't want to miss. Published review ? 23/03/18Published ? 2/20/1829 November 2018 - Educated is nominated as one of the 10 best books of 2018December 2019 - Educated is named winner of the Goodreads Choice Award 2018 for memories, beating Michelle Obamas' success, Becoming. From a GR interview with Westover Goodreads: Congratulations on your victory! What does the award and all the support from Goodreads readers mean to you? Tara Westover: I'm very, very excited. It's great when the high powers that they are, the literary giants, they say, Oh, you've written a good book, but it means something more when it comes to readers, when it comes to people interacting with the book in a personal way, not just because they love the language or not because they think it's doing something bold with form, but because they had an experience with it. This means something a little different and a little more. A reader award is really exciting. EXTRA STUFFLinks to the author's staff, Twitter pages and FBAlche if the internet has not produced any video of Tara singing lead in the production of her city of Annie in the wayback, here is one of the adults Tara singing solo voice on The Hills of Aran with John MeedInterviews----- C-Span - interviewed by Susannah Cahalan - video ? 1 hour ? If you can manage only one of these, this is to see -----CBS This Morning - video - 6:41-----Penguin promotional video ? 7:01-----Channel 4 News - 8:46-----NPR - with Dave Davies - the link includes the interview text. There is a link on the full audio interview page - 38:18 - This is the source for several quotes used in the review, and it is definitely worth checking out and/or listening-----Buono interviewsAn example of the audiobook, read by Julia Whelan, on SoundcloudA short interview with Westover and Whelan re the realization of the audiobook - on Signature ... More... More

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