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#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 “An amazing story, and truly inspiring. It’s even better than you’ve heard.”—Bill Gates 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?”—Vogue NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY 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 • BookRiot • Pamela Paul, KQED • New York Public Library
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Summary
Summary
A #1 New York Times bestseller in Nonfiction
A #1 New York Times audio bestseller
The 2019 Audie Award Winner for Best Female Narrator
The 2019 Audie Award Winner for Best Narration in Autobiography/Memoir
Finalist for the 2019 Indies Choice Book Award for Audiobook of the Year
A New York Times Book Review Top 10 Book of the Year
A 2018 Time Magazine Top 10 Books of the Year selection in Nonfiction
Longlisted for the 2019 Wellcome Trust Book Prize
A USA Today bestseller
A USA Today Pick of New and Noteworthy Books
A #1 iBooks bestseller
An iBooks bestseller in audiobooks
An Entertainment Weekly Pick of Most Anticipated Books
A Vogue Pick
On the ALA Listen List for Outstanding Audiobook Narration
Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
An Elle Magazine Pick for February 2018
An Amazon Best Book of the Month selection
A Kirkus Reviews Pick of 9 Women Writing Bold Memoirs
A 2018 LibraryReads Favorites of the Favorites selection
A February 2018 LibraryReads Pick
A BookPage Top Pick for March
A Publishers Weekly Pick of the Week
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
Details
Details
Available Formats : | Digital Download, CD |
Category: | Nonfiction/Biography |
Runtime: | 12.17 |
Audience: | Adult |
Language: | English |
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