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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Tara Westover, Julia Whelan (Read by)Artist:Westover, TaraPublish date:2021-03-02Release date:3/2/2021
Language:EnglishPublisher:Random House Audio Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780593105320ISBN-10:059310532XUPC:9780593105320Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Women, Religious, MemoirsAward:2019 Audies Winner - Autobiography/Memoir Award|2019 Audies Winner - Best Female Narrator AwardSize:5.90 x 5.10 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SC7510A09A
#1 NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND BOSTON GLOBE 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 University

"Extraordinary . . . an act of courage and self-invention."--The New York Times

NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW - ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR - BILL GATES'S HOLIDAY READING LIST - A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE CENTURY - FINALIST: National Book Critics Circle's Award In Autobiography and John Leonard Prize For Best First Book - PEN/Jean Stein Book Award - Los Angeles Times Book Prize

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'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.

"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?"--Vogue

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, O: The Oprah Magazine, Time, NPR, Good Morning America, San Francisco Chronicle, The Guardian, The Economist, Financial Times, Newsday, New York Post, theSkimm, Refinery29, Bloomberg, Self, Real Simple, Town & Country, Bustle, Paste, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, LibraryReads, Book Riot, Pamela Paul, KQED, New York Public Library
Language:EnglishPublisher:Random House Audio Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780593105320ISBN-10:059310532XUPC:9780593105320Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Women, Religious, MemoirsAward:2019 Audies Winner - Autobiography/Memoir Award|2019 Audies Winner - Best Female Narrator AwardSize:5.90 x 5.10 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SC7510A09A
Tara Westover is an American historian and memoirist. Her first book, Educated, debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and remained on the list, in hardcover, for more than two years. The book, a memoir of her upbringing in rural Idaho, was a finalist for a number of national awards, including the L.A. Times Book Prize, the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. To date it has been translated into more than 45 languages. The New York Times named Educated one of the 10 Best Books of 2018, and the American Booksellers Association voted Educated the Nonfiction Book of the Year. For her staggering impact, Time Magazine named Westover one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2019. Westover holds a PhD in intellectual history from Trinity College, Cambridge, and in 2019 she was the Rosenthal Writer in Residence at Harvard University. In 2023, she was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Biden.
Publisher: Random House Audio Publishing Group

Awards

🏆 2019 Audies Winner - Autobiography/Memoir Award|2019 Audies Winner - Best Female Narrator Award

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