Educated
Author: Westover, Tara
ISBN: 9780099511021
Publisher: WINDMILL BOOKS
Year First Published: 2018
Pages: 400
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 25mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
An extraordinary memoir about a woman's discovery of education, its transformative power and the price she has to pay for it.
THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER
'An amazing story, and truly inspiring. The kind of book everyone will enjoy. IT'S EVEN BETTER THAN YOU'VE HEARD.' - Bill Gates
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
A Book of the Decade, 2010-2020 (Independent)
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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 sixteen, 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.
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From one of TIME magazine's 100 most influential people of 2019
Shortlisted for the 2018 BAMB Readers' Awards
Recommended as a summer read by Barack Obama, Antony Beevor, India Knight, Blake Morrison and Nina Stibbe
ISBN: 9780099511021
Publisher: WINDMILL BOOKS
Year First Published: 2018
Pages: 400
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 25mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
An extraordinary memoir about a woman's discovery of education, its transformative power and the price she has to pay for it.
THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER
'An amazing story, and truly inspiring. The kind of book everyone will enjoy. IT'S EVEN BETTER THAN YOU'VE HEARD.' - Bill Gates
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
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 sixteen, 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 as a summer read by Barack Obama, Antony Beevor, India Knight, Blake Morrison and Nina Stibbe
