Selected as a book of the year by AMAZON, THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, NEW YORK TIMES, ECONOMIST, NEW STATESMAN, VOGUE, IRISH TIMES, IRISH EXAMINER and RED MAGAZINE
One of the best books I have ever read . . . unbelievably moving Elizabeth Day
An extraordinary story, beautifully told Louise O Neill
A memoir to stand alongside the classics . . . compelling and joyous Sunday Times
Tara Westover grew up preparing for the end of the world. She was never put in school, never taken to the doctor. She did not even have a birth certificate until she was nine years old.
At sixteen, to escape her father s radicalism and a violent older brother, Tara left home. What followed was a struggle for self-invention, a journey that gets to the heart of what an education is and what it offers: the perspective to see one s life through new eyes, and the will to change it.
It will make your heart soar Guardian
Jaw-dropping and inspiring, everyone should read this book Stylist
Absolutely superb . . . so gripping I could hardly breathe Sophie Hannah
About the Author
Tara Westover was born in rural Idaho. She studied history at Brigham Young University and upon graduation was awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. She received an MPhil in intellectual history from Trinity College, Cambridge in 2009, and a PhD in the same subject in 2014.
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