Audrey Westover Character Analysis in Educated

Tara’s only sister. The two are never really close, and though Tara eventually attempts to form a relationship with Audrey and confide in her about the truth of Shawn’s abuses, Audrey ultimately stands with the rest of the family against Tara and goes into business helping Faye with her tinctures.

Audrey Westover Character Timeline in Educated

The timeline below shows where the character Audrey Westover appears in Educated. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

Family, Abuse, and Entrapment Theme Icon

...her own and becomes so popular that she even hires an assistant. She begins instructing Audrey and Tara in herbal remedies and palliatives, and Tara enjoys seeing her mother feel joy... (full context)

Mother decides to get birth certificates for Audrey, Tara, and their brother Richard, too. She has trouble finding records of the dates when... (full context)

Memory, History, and Subjectivity Theme Icon

...the car skids to a stop, everyone takes stock of one another’s injuries. Tyler and Audrey are bloody but conscious, and Tara has a big gash in her arm. Dad says... (full context)

The winter after Tyler leaves, Audrey turns fifteen. She gets a job and a driver’s license, and starts spending more and... (full context)

...deep depression, and Mother decides that it’s time for another trip to Arizona. Tara, Richard, Audrey, Mother, and Dad pile into an old van Dad has “fixed up” so that the... (full context)

One afternoon, Audrey tells Tara to pack her things—they’re all leaving right away. Grandma-down-the-hill urges Dad to stay... (full context)

...New York—it is the first time Tara has ever heard of them. Three days later, Audrey gets married to Benjamin, a farm boy she met down in town. The wedding is... (full context)

One day, Tara receives a phone call from Audrey. Audrey tells her that there’s been an accident involving Dad—and that if she leaves right... (full context)

After getting off the phone with Audrey, Tara tells Nick that she has to go to Idaho for a few days for... (full context)

Tara waits out the night sleeping on the living room floor with Mother and Audrey. As dawn arrives, Dad stops breathing, and they believe he has died—but after several long... (full context)

...tend to Dad full time. It is a miserable job, and Tara hears that Mother, Audrey, and the others have gone through seventeen gallons of salve in just two weeks. Tyler... (full context)

The day before returning to England, Tara drives to Audrey’s house to pay her sister a visit. Audrey is homeschooling her children, still convinced of... (full context)

...from Drew, who has become her boyfriend. Instead, there is a long, typo-filled message from Audrey. The email describes Audrey’s own experiences suffering Shawn’s abuses over the years, and Audrey apologizes... (full context)

Audrey apparently shows the emails to Mother, and soon Tara is emailing with Faye about Shawn’s... (full context)

When it’s time for Tara to leave Buck’s Peak, Audrey begs her not to go. Audrey reveals that no one, after all, has believed her... (full context)

...a stop in the parking lot. Shawn asks if Tara has been “talk[ing] much” to Audrey, who is a “lying piece of shit.” Shawn tells Tara that he’d put a bullet... (full context)

...Dad in the giant “chapel” room and tells her father what Shawn said about shooting Audrey. She reveals all her stories about Shawn’s violence and abuse, but Dad demands proof. Tara... (full context)

...Dad, and Dad never confronted Shawn. No one had ever promised to help Tara and Audrey, or had even heard their stories. Tara feels betrayed and confused by her mother’s “hollow”... (full context)

...put the pieces of what happened over the holidays together and realize that she and Audrey have been trying to make their family see the truth about him. Just as Tara... (full context)

...crashing down, however, when she checks her email one day to discover a message from Audrey, explaining that after a lecture from Dad, she has decided to forgive Shawn and cut... (full context)

Tara feels she has lost her family. She knows that with the loss of Audrey’s support, they will all turn against her—no one will ever believe her. Despite her despair,... (full context)

...Tara wants to believe that Tyler is on her side, but is still haunted by Audrey’s betrayal, and fears that if forced to choose between Tara and the rest of the... (full context)

...Buffy, she realizes that he is going to pick their family over her just like Audrey. (full context)

...has recently written to apologize for believing Dad over Tara, and offering her his support; Audrey, who clutches Tara’s arm and tells her that to refuse to see Dad is a... (full context)