Educated: A Memoir William von Hippel A sweeping account of the

A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most famous classicist” (Guardian)

She hasn’t made it far when she runs into John

But that pesky Duckling keeps getting in the way

fearing him dead in a Union prison camp

On a cold and snowy night in 1910

Educated: A Memoir William von Hippel A sweeping account of theBorn to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Taras older brothers became violent. When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over