Tara Westover’s memoir Educated tells the gripping story of her impoverished childhood in southeastern Idaho, raised by fundamentalist parents who kept her from school and medical care because of their fears about government intrusion in their lives. The youngest of seven children, Tara spends her childhood working for her father in his salvage and construction business and helping her mother create herbal remedies. She suffers from the social isolation brought on by her parents’ extreme views, an abusive older brother, and the physical difficulties of a life spent doing dangerous work without proper safety procedures or medical attention. However, Tara gets accepted to BYU at seventeen, and after leaving home learns how to live, and thrive, on her own at college—and eventually rises all the way to earning a PhD from Cambridge.
Interview with 1st Place Visual Arts Winner, Kwani Povi Winder
By Linda Hoffman Kimball
Segullah Co-Editor-in-Chief and Art Director, Linda Hoffman Kimball interviewed remarkably gifted artist Kwani Povi Winder, winner of 1st place in the Segullah 2019 contest, visual arts category. Kwani shares insights into her work, her heritage, her family, and her other remarkable gifts with us. As interviewer, Linda had no idea going into …
