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Educated : a memoir /

"Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag." In the summer she stewed herbs for her moth...

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Main Author: Westover, Tara (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
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