THE MULTIMILLION COPY BESTSELLERA BETWEEN THE COVERS PICKSelected 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 MAGAZINEOne of the best books I have ever read . . . unbelievably moving Elizabeth Day An extraordinary story beautifully told Louise ONeill A memoir to stand alongside the classics . . . compelling and joyous Sunday Times Tara 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 fathers radicalism and a violent older brother Tara left home. What followed was a struggle for selfinvention a journey that gets to the heart of what an education is and what it offers the perspective to see ones life through new eyes and the will to change it.It will make your heart soar Guardian Jawdropping and inspiring everyone should read this book Stylist Absolutely superb . . . so gripping I could hardly breathe Sophie Hannah