《紐約時報》、《華爾街日報》和《波士頓環球報》暢銷書榜首 • 當代最受讚譽的書籍之一：一部令人難忘的回憶錄，講述了一位年輕女子因家庭原因輟學，最終離開信奉生存主義的家庭，並在劍橋大學獲得博士學位的故事。

「非凡之作……勇氣與自我創造的典範。」——《紐約時報》

被《紐約時報書評》評為年度十大好書之一 • 巴拉克·奧巴馬年度最愛書籍之一 • 《科克斯書評》世紀最佳非虛構類圖書 • 入圍：美國國家書評人協會自傳類獎和約翰·倫納德最佳處女作獎 • 筆會/簡·斯坦圖書獎 • 《洛杉磯時報》圖書獎

出生於愛達荷州山區，父母都是生存主義者，塔拉·韋斯特弗十七歲時才第一次踏進教室。她的家庭與主流社會隔絕，無人負責孩子們的教育，也無人幹預她哥哥的暴力行為。後來，另一個哥哥考上了大學，塔拉決定嘗試一種全新的生活。她對知識的渴望改變了她，帶領她跨越重洋，橫跨大陸，最終抵達哈佛大學和劍橋大學。直到那時，她才開始思考自己是否走得太遠，是否還有回家的路。

#1 NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER • One of the most acclaimed books of our time: an unforgettable memoir about a young woman who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University

“Extraordinary . . . an act of courage and self-invention.”—The New York Times

NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE CENTURY • FINALIST: National Book Critics Circle’s Award In Autobiography and John Leonard Prize For Best First Book • PEN/Jean Stein Book Award • Los Angeles Times Book Prize

Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her 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 one of Tara’s older brothers became violent. When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. 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.