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Educated [electronic resource] : The international bestselling memoir
Westover, Tara2018
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THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER A BETWEEN THE COVERS PICK 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
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Author:
Westover, Tara, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Random House, 2018
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
Reading grade level: 4-5
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
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.
Awards:
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist (The National Book Critics Circle)Alex Award (American Library Association)Notable Books for Adults (Notable Books Council)10 Best Books of 2018 (The New York Times)
ISBN:
9781473538641
Language:
English
BRN:
2805691
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