![]() ![]() Only then would she wonder if she’d traveled too far, if there was still a way home. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. 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. Named one of the Best Books of the Year by: The Washington Post Īn unforgettable memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge Universityīorn to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. ![]() Named one of Paste ’s Best Memoirs of the Decade One of President Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of the Yearįinalist for the National Book Critics Circle’s Award in Autobiographyįinalist for the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize for Best First Bookįinalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Named one of the 10 Best Books of the Year by The New York Times Book Review Number one New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Boston Globe best seller ![]()
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