Book Discussion – Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
Date: 08/25/2025
Time: 06:30 pm-07:30 pm
Location: Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County, 201 N. Mulberry St., Mount Vernon, OH
Organizer: Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County
Cost: Free
Contact and more info:
mvknoxpubliclibrary@gmail.com
https://www.knox.net
About the event:
Born into a family of survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was 17 years old when she first set foot in a classroom.
She and her siblings attended no schools, never visited a doctor or nurse, and were as isolated from mainstream society as one could be in late 20th century America.
Then she began to educate herself. Eventually, she was admitted to college–where, for the first time, she learned about important world events like the Holocaust and the Civil Rights movement. She began exploring a world that she had never imagined…and then came to wonder if she would ever find her way home again.
As coming-of-age stories go, hers is a great one.
Read it and come talk about it.