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Brought to you by Penguin.

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.

The multi-million copy best seller.

A Book of the Decade, 2010-2020 (Independent).

Tara Westover and her family grew up preparing for the End of Days but, according to the government, she didn’t exist. She hadn’t been registered for a birth certificate. She had no school records because she’d never set foot in a classroom and no medical records because her father didn’t believe in hospitals.

As she grew older, her father became more radical and her brother more violent. At 16, Tara knew she had to leave home. In doing so she discovered both the transformative power of education and the price she had to pay for it.

From one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people of 2019.

Shortlisted for the 2018 BAMB Readers' Awards.

Recommended by Barack Obama, Anthony Beevor, Blake Morrison and Nina Stibbe.

©2018 Tara Westover (P)2018 Random House Audiobooks Relationships Women Thought-Provoking Heartfelt Scary Inspiring

Critic reviews

"An amazing story, and truly inspiring. The kind of book everyone will enjoy. IT’S EVEN BETTER THAN YOU’VE HEARD." (Bill Gates)
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Julie Whelan is a fantasic narrator in this audiobook. Tara's story is fascinating and unique, but there is a slight irritation after finishing her book. After a way too detailed first third of the book about her childhood, we fast forward through life experiences and pass others in tangent, that would be crucial to understand the author's change in perspective. It feels like the author, despite her best intentions, still hasn't come to terms with herself and the family. The story has not yet ended, and Tara needs to do some self-exploration over things that are glaringly obvious to the outsider. Or at least it seems so from her book.
I almost want to ask the author to get, or continue getting counselling - and I would really want to hear her next book.

Unique and great... but unfinished and incomplete

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A well written account of the life so far of Tara Westover. Although I was hoping to get more insight into the Mormon faith. The book is very moving and is very descriptive, it feels very real. This will always be about perception though and it will raise it's own questions.

Autobiography

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Well written. Could not put it down. Will listen to it again. One of the best books I have read.

Amazing

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disturbing
enlightening
inspirational
educational

A beautifully told and deeply moving story I'm relieved I didn't live. The home educating world I know is so very different to this - that would be my main note to others, home schooling does not (in the main) look like this. This should not alter the captivating nature of a well written memoir.

Evocative and well written memoir

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Tara is someone I'll never forget after reading this book. She has opened my eyes to researching more on the mormons and the way of life - the hardships of life she has experienced and the way we take things for granted. I am so proud of her!! From all the horrible things she's been put through, I'm so happy for the life she leads today! Brilliant book!

One of the best reads ever!

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