Tara Westover

author of “Educated, A Memoir.”

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Tara Westover grew up as a Mormon survivalist in rural Idaho. She didn’t go to school. She didn’t even have a birth certificate.

Survivalist upbringing to an Ivy League education

Tara Westover grew up as a Mormon survivalist in rural Idaho. She didn’t go to school. She didn’t even have a birth certificate.

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