THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLERSelected 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 TimesTara 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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