This woman explains how she escaped a survivalist family in Idaho - and got into the University of Cambridge. | Channel 4 News

Tara Westover’s life has been anything but normal, and her bestselling memoir “Educated” brought her story to millions of readers around the world. Raised by uncompromising survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she went from never being allowed to go to school or visit the doctor to earning a PhD at Cambridge and winning the National Humanities Medal. At the 2019 Aspen Ideas Festival, Westover joined us for a conversation about how she looks back on her childhood and what she has learned from

Tara Westover kicks off our, In Conversation Series in just one week. Hear her intimately reveal the truths of her extraordinary story and speak with her in person about what encouraged her to write it all down!📖📚 Sept 30th only! https://bit.ly/3KLKOUz | Segerstrom Center for the Arts

"The virus, it turned out, was pretty deeply prejudiced." Author Tara Westover argues that education, rather than wealth, is now the greatest divide. "The virus, it turned out, was pretty deeply prejudiced." Author @tarawestover argues that education, rather than wealth, is now the greatest divide. Tara Westover: Rethinking Education: https://bbc.in/3etT5u9 | BBC Radio 4