Lyke ofliments is a book about estrangement from her family. She says she was at ease with the idea that some people might identify with other parts of it. Lyke: I think if a story can help somebody, maybe it broadens our perspective on what options are available.
Tara Westover is the author of Educated.
“I used to be so fearful. ... I was afraid of losing my family. Then, after I had lost them, I was afraid that I made the wrong decision. Then I wrote the book and I was afraid that was the wrong decision. Everything made me frightened back then, and I just—I don't have that feeling now.”
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