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Metamorfosis. Falsedad. Traici n. Yo lo llamo una educaci n. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNacida en las monta as de Idaho, Tara Westover ha crecido en armon a con una naturaleza grandiosa y doblegada a las leyes que establece su padre, un morm n fundamentalista convencido de que el final del mundo es inminente. Ni Tara ni sus hermanos van a la escuela o acuden al m dico cuando enferman. Todos trabajan con el padre, y su madre es curandera y  nica partera de la zona.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTara tiene un talento: el canto, y una obsesi n: saber. Pone por primera vez los pies en un aula a los diecisiete a os: no sabe que ha habido dos guerras mundiales, pero tampoco la fecha exacta de su nacimiento (no tiene documentos). Pronto descubre que la educaci n es la  nica v a para huir de su hogar. A pesar de empezar de cero, re ne las fuerzas necesarias para preparar el examen de ingreso a la universidad, cruzar el oc ano y graduarse en Cambridge, aunque para ello deba romper los lazos con su familia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWestover ha escrito una historia extraordinaria -su propia historia-, una formidable epopeya, desgarradora e inspiradora, sobre la posibilidad de ver la vida a trav s de otros ojos, y de cambiar, que se ha convertido en un resonante  xito editorial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Book Critics Circle finalist 2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the 10 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBest Books 2018.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePublisher Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book 2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - An unforgettable memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University Book Club Pick for Now Read This, from \u003ci\u003ePBS NewsHour \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A coming-of-age memoir reminiscent of \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Castle.\"\u003c\/i\u003e--\u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Tara Westover is living proof that some people are flat-out, boots-always-laced-up indomitable\u003ci\u003e.\"\u003c\/i\u003e--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The extremity of Westover's upbringing emerges gradually through her telling, which only makes the telling more alluring and harrowing.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her \"head-for-the-hills\" bag. In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged metal in her father's junkyard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer father distrusted the medical establishment, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse. Gashes and concussions, even burns from explosions, were all treated at home with herbalism. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when an older brother became violent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen another brother got himself into college and came back with news of the world beyond the mountain, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. She taught herself enough mathematics, grammar, and science to take the ACT and was admitted to Brigham Young University. There, she studied psychology, politics, philosophy, and history, learning for the first time about pivotal world events like the Holocaust and the Civil Rights Movement. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if she'd traveled too far, if there was still a way home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEducated\u003c\/i\u003e is an account of the struggle for self-invention. It is a tale of fierce family loyalty, and of the grief that comes from severing one's closest ties. With the acute insight that distinguishes all great writers, Westover has crafted a universal coming-of-age story 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tara Westover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lumen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/18\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949061499\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e Spanish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTara Westover \u003c\/b\u003enació en Idaho en 1986. Inició sus estudios en la Brigham Young University con diecisiete años y se graduó en Arte en 2008. Gracias a varias becas pudo seguir estudiando y obtuvo un posgrado en el Trinity College, Cambridge, en 2009. Consiguió una maestría en Filosofía y se graduó en Historia en 2014, después de una estancia en la universidad de Harvard. Actualmente reside en Londres. \u003ci\u003eUna educación\u003c\/i\u003e es su primer libro, que se ha traducido en veintidós países y ha sido aclamado por los lectores y la crítica. 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