Description
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.
Endorsements
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
'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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