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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
##近年读过的最好看的英文书！
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##“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##近年读过的最好看的英文书！
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##希望自己是她，又希望自己不是她。
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##（原版看完打卡，这种青春成长小说可能已经不适合我这种大龄人士了，中途无数次想弃。）反邪教反原生家庭檄文，美国助学金计划宣传小说。讲了一个原生家庭极度恶劣的小孩，如何面对神棍偏执狂爸爸，家暴哥哥，被洗脑的妈妈，懦弱的妯娌，不断觉醒，不断怀疑自己，不断被拖回去，不断挣扎抗争的故事。而这一切的改变都源于美国轻松就能申请的助学金计划。然后女主就一路开挂：中学都没读过但短暂努力一下就考上了大学，剑桥只有一个推荐名额教授就给了她，论文随便一写就是几十年来最佳，盖茨奖学金哈佛博士都轻而易举，唱歌从小就擅长，性格孤僻但男友和朋友都爱她。我看完没有获得什么力量，也很难共情，只觉得能那么事无巨细的记录父母兄弟和自己的黑历史，是个狼人。整本写作风格都非常电影化，翻拍指日可待，不过我肯定不会去看。
