Tara Westover Hutchinson, 2018, PB, 400pp, £8.19, 978-0099511021
The projector clicks. An image of a man, stood before a concrete wall in a faded hat and overcoat, paints the wall at the front of the university classroom. Tara turns the pages of her textbook until she finds the same image. Below it is a brief description with a word Tara has never seen or heard before. She raises her hand, and asks, ‘I don’t know this word, what does it mean?’ A stunned silence resonates. ‘Thanks for that’, the professor replies. Tara stares at her shoes for the remainder of the …