[Hac-announce] September 2019 Book Discussion: "Educated: A Memoir" by Tara Westover

[kvngough at aol.com]

Our book for September is Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover. The discussion will take place Saturday, September 21, 2019 at 2:30 pm in the library of the Unitarian Society of New Haven at 700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden. 
>From Amazon:
Born tosurvivalists in the mountains of Idaho,Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Herfamily was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensurethe children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara’s older brothers became violent. When anotherbrother got himself into college, Tara decidedto try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking herover 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 wayhome.

 “Beautifuland propulsive…Despite the singularity of [Tara Westover’s] childhood, thequestions her book poses are universal: How much of ourselves should we give tothose we love? And how much must we betray them to grow up?” – Vogue

 “Westover’sone-of-a-kind memoir is about the shaping of a mind…In briskly paced prose, sheevokes a childhood that completely defined her. Yet it was also, she graduallysensed, deforming her.”– The Atlantic

Light snacks will be served.
Note: Our October discussion of The Hate U Give, moderated by my neighbor, educator Martha Brackeen-Harris, will be held on the fourth Saturday, Oct. 26.    
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