Uwolniona : jak wykształcenie odmieniło moje życie
(Book)

Translation of: Educated.

Tara 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 in her father's junkyard. Her 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. When 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.,from U.S. edition.

Tara Westover urodziła się w górach Idaho, w rodzinie mormonów. Po raz pierwszy przekroczyła próg szkoły w wieku siedemnastu lat. Publiczna edukacja była jedną z wielu rzeczy, w stosunku do których był sceptyczny jej fanatycznie religijny ojciec. Gdy w domu rodzinnym pojawiła się przemoc, nie było nikogo, kto mógłby zainterweniować. Punktem zwrotnym dla dziewczyny okazał się moment, kiedy jeden z braci dostał się do college'u. Tara postanowiła pójść w jego ślady. Pragnienie wiedzy zmieniło jej życie, zaprowadziło za ocean i na inny kontynent, na Harvard i Cambridge. Dopiero wtedy zaczęła się zastanawiać, czy nie wyjechała zbyt daleko i czy istnieje jeszcze dla niej droga powrotna do domu. Niesamowita, prawdziwie inspirująca opowieść.,from bookseller's website.

Translated from English to Polish.

Alex Award, 2019

Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction Longlist, 2019

Chicago Public Library Best Top Ten Books, 2018

John Leonard Prize Finalist, 2018

Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography Finalist, 2018

National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography Finalist, 2018

NPR Best Books, 2018

Reading Women Award for Nonfiction, 2018.