Yong Takahashi

Jan 11, 2024 | shepherd.com | Yong Takahashi |Tara Westover |Jenny Heijun Wills |David Sedaris

Tara Westover grew up in a survivalist family where her parents were suspicious of the outside world. She didn’t attend school until she was seventeen. Learning algebra and other subjects on her own, she did well on her college entrance exams and was accepted into Brigham Young University. She went on to attend Harvard and Cambridge Universities. Westover tries to hold together family ties while some relatives constantly planted doubts in her mind.