Pick up a copy of the memoir Educated by Tara Westover at Rockingham Library's front desk today. Then join the discussion on Thursday June 15 at 6 p.m. on Rockingham Library's main floor.

Tara Westover was seventeen before she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara 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 mother. In the winter she salvaged metal in her father's junkyard. Throughout her childhood, Tara never saw a doctor or set foot in school.

When Tara becomes determined to expand her world through education, she wavers between her deeply ingrained principle of family loyalty and her desire for a different kind of life.

"Hard to put down" and "very powerful" are some of the comments shared by Rockingham Library's patrons. Educated is a New York Times Bestseller.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit rockinghamlibrary.org, email programming@rockinghamlibrary.org call the Library at (802) 463-4270 or stop by the Library at 65 Westminster St. in Bellows Falls, VT.

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