<b>#1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL,</i> AND <i>BOSTON GLOBE</i> BESTSELLER&#160;&bull;</b> <b>One of the most acclaimed books of our time: an unforgettable memoir about a young&#160;woman who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University</b><br>&#160;<br><b>&ldquo;Extraordinary . . . an act of courage and self-invention.&rdquo;&mdash;<i>The New York Times</i></b><br>&#160;<br><b>NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY <i>THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW</i> &bull;&#160;ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA&rsquo;S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR&#160;&bull; BILL GATES&rsquo;S HOLIDAY READING LIST&#160;&bull; FINALIST: National Book Critics Circle&rsquo;s Award In Autobiography and John Leonard Prize For Best First Book &bull; PEN/Jean Stein Book Award &bull; <i>Los Angeles Times</i> Book Prize</b><br>&#160;<br>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&rsquo;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&rsquo;d traveled too far, if there was still a way home.<br>&#160;<br><b>&ldquo;Beautiful and propulsive . . . Despite the singularity of [Westover&rsquo;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?&rdquo;&mdash;<i>Vogue</i></b><br><b><br>NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY <i>The Washington Post</i> &bull; <i>O: The Oprah Magazine</i> &bull; <i>Time</i> &bull; NPR &bull; <i>Good Morning America</i> &bull; <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> &bull; <i>The Guardian</i> &bull; <i>The Economist </i>&bull; <i>Financial Times</i> &bull;<i> Newsday</i> &bull; <i>New York Post</i> &bull; <i>theSkimm</i> &bull; <i>Refinery29</i> &bull; <i>Bloomberg</i> &bull; <i>Self</i> &bull; <i>Real Simple</i> &bull; <i>Town &amp; Country</i> &bull; <i>Bustle</i> &bull; <i>Paste</i> &bull; <i>Publishers Weekly</i> &bull;<i> Library Journal</i> &bull; <i>LibraryReads</i> &bull; <i>Book Riot</i> &bull; Pamela Paul, KQED &bull; New York Public Library</b>

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