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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
##Give my money back
评分##They are more complicated than the roles they are assigned in stories. What she has undergone and achieved is such encouraging and uplifting. I identified with Tara Westover for the most part.
评分##They are more complicated than the roles they are assigned in stories. What she has undergone and achieved is such encouraging and uplifting. I identified with Tara Westover for the most part.
评分##近年读过的最好看的英文书！
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##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##Give my money back
评分##“First find out what you are capable of, then decide who you are.“ 一口气看完觉得Tara这种才是PhD的料… 我大概就是那种failing my PhD的人……
评分##一个读来甚至觉得难以置信的故事，Tara能够依靠自己的力量挣脱原生家庭的泥潭变成一个那么优秀的学者真的太不容易了。我觉得即便是到了现在，相信这种经历带给她的梦魇肯定还会时不时窜出来。极端的父亲可以一千次把希望扑灭，但却依旧会被Tara在chapel里的歌声打动，在Tara去英国的时候说如果去了大洋彼岸就不能开车把你接回来。Shawn会在Tara差点因为付不起学费drop out的时候给她经济支援。关于自我觉醒的力量。作者还是比较冷静地来叙述自己的经历，其实文笔谈不上有多出色。
