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These questions were provided by Penguin Random House.

1. Many of Tara’s father’s choices have an obvious impact on Tara’s life, but how did her mother’s choices influence her? How did that change over time?

Janice wrote: "These questions were provided by Penguin Random House.

1. Many of Tara’s father’s choices have an obvious impact on Tara’s life, but how did her mother’s choices influence her? How did that change..."

I feel like her mother fought for her to have some normalcy initially like allowing her to participate in dance (even if the costume situation was totally influenced by her father), but then after her mother's accident and as she started getting more into holistic healing it seemed like her mother was less worried about helping Tara and sided more with her father. Her mother had rare moments when she encouraged Tara to get out or seemed to hint to Tara she believed her or supported her but it was always vague.

Question 2. Tara’s brother Tyler tells her to take the ACT. What motivates Tara to follow his advice?

Question 3. Charles was Tara’s first window into the outside world. Under his influence, Tara begins to dress differently and takes medicine for the first time. Discuss Tara’s conflicting admiration for both Charles and her father.

Question 4. Tara has titled her book Educated and much of her education takes place in classrooms, lectures, or other university environments. But not all. What other important moments of “education� were there? What friends, acquaintances, or experiences had the most impact on Tara? What does that imply about what an education is?

Question 5. Eventually, Tara confronts her family about her brother’s abuse. How do different the members of her family respond?

Question 6. What keeps Tara coming back to her family as an adult?

Question 7. Ultimately, what type of freedom did education give Tara?

Question 8. Tara wrote this at the age of thirty, while in the midst of her healing process. Why do you think she chose to write it so young, and how does this distinguish the book from similar memoirs?

Question 9. Tara paid a high price for her education: she lost her family. Do you think she would make the same choice again?

Janice wrote: "Question 6. What keeps Tara coming back to her family as an adult?"

I think it's very hard to cut yourself off from your family. Even if they have different opinions, they are still your home base, the people you want to please or impress. They've experienced things with you that no one else may understand. I think Tara really struggled with this, she was from a large family and most of them turned their back on her, I can't imagine that was easy to stomach

Janice wrote: "Question 6. What keeps Tara coming back to her family as an adult?"

I think it is the need to still be apart of her family. To be loved and understood as also being truthful. Unfortunately for her the family always sides with her father's views. It isn't until on another attempt to visit with the family she see's an already open email from her mother stating "Tara is dangerous to the family" that she realizes she is no longer apart of the family.

Janice wrote: "Question 9. Tara paid a high price for her education: she lost her family. Do you think she would make the same choice again?"

Since Tara is very strong willed I do think she would do it again.
Her nature, common sense, being practical and her thirst to learn more would drive her onto the same direction. I think the few family members encouraging to leave and the drive to save her own life gave her the final strength she needed to follow through.