1 NEW YORK TIMES WALL STREET JOURNAL AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER One of the most acclaimed books of our time an unforgettable memoir about a young woman who kept out of school leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University Extraordinary an act of courage and self invention The New York Times NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR BILL GATES S HOLIDAY READING LIST FINALIST National Book Critics Circle s Award In Autobiography and John Leonard Prize For Best First Book PEN Jean Stein Book Award Los Angeles Times Book Prize Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education and no one to intervene when one of Tara s older brothers became violent When another brother got himself into college Tara decided to try a new kind of life Her quest for knowledge transformed her taking her over oceans and across continents to Harvard and to Cambridge University Only then would she wonder if she d traveled too far if there was still a way home Beautiful and propulsive Despite the singularity of Westover s childhood the questions her book poses are universal How much of ourselves should we give to those we love And how much must we betray them to grow up VogueONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR The Washington Post O The Oprah Magazine Time NPR Good Morning America San Francisco Chronicle The Guardian The Economist Financial Times Newsday New York Post theSkimm Refinery29 Bloomberg Self Real Simple Town Country Bustle Paste Publishers Weekly Library Journal LibraryReads Book Riot Pamela Paul KQED New York Public Library

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