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‘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 in THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, NEW YORK TIMES, ECONOMIST, NEW STATESMAN, VOGUE, IRISH TIMES, IRISH EXAMINER and RED MAGAZINE
AMAZON.COM’s BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
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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
用户评价
##花了近一个月、终于读完了，真好看啊！！ 作者的语言太美了，故事更是惊人。虽然时常听到对真实性的怀疑，但我个人对其没有异见。在我看来，她的叙述太有力量了，这种力量，只能来自于亲身经历后的痛彻心扉。
评分##最震撼的还是刚到大学那一段，从一个世界完全到了另一个世界，那种冲击与震撼。
评分##近年读过的最好看的英文书！
评分##Listening to the audio book while I was running，I cried all the way.
评分##一个人能够改变自己，除了教育，还有运气以及能够坚持下去的毅力。作者能够走出来，除了自己意识到了，还是受到了身边一些人的正向影响的。
评分##文笔算不上多好 但是故事很生动 我们没办法选择自己的出身 自己的家庭和父母 唯一能做的 也就是给自己拼一个未来 想起之前读过的god is not great. 有些宗教信仰真的不算好.
评分##16/02/2020-28/02/2020 幸运的人，一生都被童年治愈；不幸的人，一生都在治愈童年。作者显然是后者。读第一部分的时候因为书评的“剧透"我还是抱着猎奇摩门教奇怪教义的心态来看的，待读到第三部分时，猎奇的心理已经被为作者感到痛苦，愤怒，委屈等一系列情感所替代了。近些年谈得很多的原生家庭问题，在这本书中又因为宗教的原因使得作者的家庭情况更为复杂，而作者把在对抗过程中所经历的苦痛化为力量，以宗教背后的历史与文化为课题，在学术方面取得了成就，真的是一位坚强又出色的女性。
评分##我以为看开头以为会是风雨哈佛路这种成功励志书，后面发现是作者摸爬滚打勉强实现精神独立的过程。no offense but摩门教确实挺神奇的…
评分##Power of education
