Is Tara Westover related to LaRee Westover?

Is Tara Westover related to LaRee Westover?

LaRee Westover, author of the new book “Educating,” is shown with her husband, Val. Their daughter, Tara Westover, wrote “Educated.”

What happened to Shawn Westover in Educated?

Shawn is a violent and threatening presence in the memoir. He is always somewhat erratic, but his behavior seems to become heightened after he suffers a traumatic brain injury.

What does Tara Westover do now?

Graduating magna cum laude in 2008, she was awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship and in 2014 earned her PhD in history from Trinity College, Cambridge. Westover is currently a senior research fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, where she works on projects related to media and political polarization.

What are Tara Westover’s parents real names?

Her mom comments frequently on the book. What is this? Tara gives many of her family monikers in the book, but in actuality her parents are Val (“Gene“) and LaRee Westover (“Faye“).

How true is the book Educated?

Although “there’s a little germ of truth,” in “Educated,” the book falsely portrays the Westover family, Atkin said. “They are conservative, patriotic people. Tara says her father is a (Mormon) fundamentalist, which infers that he believes in polygamy. That’s certainly not the truth.

What religion is Tara’s family?

The key message in these book summary: Tara Westover grew up in a Mormon family that didn’t believe in public schooling. Instead, she was taught the beliefs of a religiously fanatic and paranoid father who likely had bipolar disorder.