u003cbu003e#1 u003ciu003eNEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL,u003c/iu003e AND u003ciu003eBOSTON GLOBEu003c/iu003e 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 Universityu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003eu003cbu003e“Extraordinary . . . an act of courage and self-invention.”—u003ciu003eThe New York Timesu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003eu003cbu003eNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY u003ciu003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWu003c/iu003e • 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 • u003ciu003eLos Angeles Timesu003c/iu003e Book Prizeu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003eBorn 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.u003cbru003e u003cbru003eu003cbu003e“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?”—u003ciu003eVogueu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003eu003cbru003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: u003ciu003eThe Washington Post, O: The Oprah Magazine, Time,u003c/iu003e NPR, u003ciu003eGood Morning America, San Francisco Chronicle, The Guardian, The Economist, Financial Timesu003c/iu003e,u003ciu003e Newsday, New York Post, theSkimm, Refinery29, Bloomberg, Self, Real Simple, Town & Country, Bustle, Paste, Publishers Weeklyu003c/iu003e,u003ciu003e Library Journal, LibraryReads, Book Riot,u003c/iu003e Pamela Paul, KQED, New York Public Libraryu003c/bu003e
