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Educated - A Memoir
Tara Westover
Contributed by Micheal Celestin
Content
Overview
Context
Themes
Reviews
Chapter Summaries
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
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Chapter Summary
Chapter 1
In the First Chapter, Westover describes a memory of a story told by her father when she was only five years old. Westover, together with her brother ...
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Chapter 2
Westover provides the story about a midwife who had come to their home to pick some herbs from her mother, who was to be her assistant. Some of the he...
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Chapter 3
In Chapter Three, Westover talks about the life of her mother, Faye. The author points out that her mother was the daughter of a mailman. Faye grew up...
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Chapter 4
In the chapter, Westover talks of the ingenious decision that her mother made when her father was facing death. Earlier on, her father had promised th...
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Chapter 5
This chapter discusses a conversation that Westover’s father had with his family. It was only a month after an accident he had at the junkyard, and ...
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Chapter 6
In Chapter Six, Westover recalls how her family got smaller as some of her siblings started living on their own. Despite their father’s objections, ...
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Chapter 7
Westover describes a rainless summer day in which Luke, her brother, fell following an explosion which left his leg injured. On that particular day, s...
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Chapter 8
In Chapter Eight, Westover details her efforts to find work so that she could live a good life and help her family get out of the stressful financial ...
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Chapter 9
Chapter Nine describes events that occurred in 1999, a year in which Westover’s father always said that the world would come to an end as it was rig...
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Chapter 10
Right from the beginning of this chapter, the author presents the disappointment that her father had when it dawned on him that January 1st, 2000 had ...
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Chapter 11
Westover recalls an experience she had with her brother in Arizona as they tried to tame wild horses that their grandfather had set loose many years b...
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Chapter 12
Chapter Twelve recounts a time when Westover stayed with her brother Shawn in Albuquerque, New Mexico and learned more about how to deal with her fath...
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Chapter 13
In Chapter Thirteen, Westover provides an account of the events of September 11, 2001, following the attack on the World Trade Center in New York City...
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Chapter 14
In the chapter, Westover states that in October of 2001, her father won a contract to construct modern granaries in Malad City. “It was a big job fo...
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Chapter 15
By the winter of 2001, Westover’s income had grown to the point that she had attained a level of independence. While listening to her father testify...
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Chapter 16
In Chapter Sixteen, Westover provides an account of an altercation that took place between her father and Shawn. Her father shouted at Shawn telling h...
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Chapter 17
In this chapter, the author details what she regards as a new phase in her life. Westover states, “On New Year’s Day, Mother drove me to my new li...
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Chapter 18
In this chapter, Westover discusses some distance that grew between her and her roommates, Mary and Shannon, as a result of differences in background....
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Chapter 19
This chapter starts with the author’s return to Buck’s Peak from Brigham Young University (BYU) at the end of the semester. Westover was ready to ...
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Chapter 20
In Chapter Twenty, Westover provides information regarding Charles, a friend she had met in her neighborhood in Idaho. She indicates that he was the f...
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Chapter 21
This chapter recounts events right before Westover returned to BYU. Westover’s father paid her for the work she had done at the junkyard, and althou...
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Chapter 22
Westover provides insights into several events which took place at her family’s home right after she had visited the home of Charles. She climbed to...
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Chapter 23
This chapter recounts the experiences that Westover had after returning to BYU (Brigham Young University). A man from Church asked her out for dinner ...
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Chapter 24
In Chapter Twenty-Four, Westover discusses the savings that she had managed to amass over time. She had managed to save up to a thousand dollars in he...
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Chapter 25
This chapter starts with a reflection on a story about Westover’s grandfather which she was told when she was still young. The story was about, “G...
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Chapter 26
In this chapter, Westover opens up about her father’s sickness after being a victim of an explosion in the junkyard. Her father could not leave his ...
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Chapter 27
Westover shares the reasons why she joined BYU to study music. One main reason was that she wanted to gain the skills for directing a church choir. Th...
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Chapter 28
In this chapter, Westover recounts her experiences at King’s College, Cambridge where she had gone to study a short course. She recalls being surpri...
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Chapter 29
After completing the short course program at Cambridge, Westover went back to BYU to continue with her studies. She states that “Campus looked the w...
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Chapter 30
The chapter illustrates the experiences that Westover had at Trinity College of Cambridge University where she had gone to study a Master of Philosoph...
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Chapter 31
Westover had gone back to Arizona for a vacation and was about to fly back to England. The day before traveling back to England, she drove to the moun...
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Chapter 32
The chapter details the experience that Westover had while visiting Buck’s Peak Idaho to see her grandmother. “It was autumn and Grandma-down-the-...
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Chapter 33
Following her grandmother’s death, Westover stayed at Buck’s Peak for about a week, despite Audrey’s efforts to keep her sister longer. “On th...
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Chapter 34
In this chapter, Westover recounts the interaction she had with her father when he visited her in England, and she complained to him about Shawn’s b...
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Chapter 35
After falling out with both her father and brother, Westover felt threatened going home to the mountain. In fact, she had to flee the mountain altoget...
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Chapter 36
In the chapter, Westover recalls events that took place during a September afternoon at Harvard University. “It was a sunny September afternoon when...
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Chapter 37
In this chapter, Westover recounts an evening when a person was screaming so loudly they woke her up from her sleep. The night seemed different from o...
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Chapter 38
In this chapter, Westover explains that she was failing her Ph.D and was contemplating how to tell her lecturer supervisor, Dr. Runciman. Thought Dr. ...
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Chapter 39
In this chapter, Westover recounts the experiences she had in the Spring season after quitting her Ph.D. Her goal at the time was to reflect upon her ...
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Chapter 40
In the final chapter of the memoir, Westover reflects on her past experiences. She states that when she was a child, she waited for her mind to grow, ...
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