Author: Tara Westover
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 039959051X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
#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 PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • BILL GATES’S HOLIDAY READING LIST • 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. “Beautiful and propulsive . . . Despite the singularity of [Westover’s] childhood, the questions her book poses are universal: How much of ourselves should we give to those we love? And how much must we betray them to grow up?”—Vogue NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • O: The Oprah Magazine • Time • NPR • Good Morning America • San Francisco Chronicle • The Guardian • The Economist • Financial Times • Newsday • New York Post • theSkimm • Refinery29 • Bloomberg • Self • Real Simple • Town & Country • Bustle • Paste • Publishers Weekly • Library Journal • LibraryReads • Book Riot • Pamela Paul, KQED • New York Public Library
Educated
Author: Tara Westover
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 039959051X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
#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 PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • BILL GATES’S HOLIDAY READING LIST • 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. “Beautiful and propulsive . . . Despite the singularity of [Westover’s] childhood, the questions her book poses are universal: How much of ourselves should we give to those we love? And how much must we betray them to grow up?”—Vogue NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • O: The Oprah Magazine • Time • NPR • Good Morning America • San Francisco Chronicle • The Guardian • The Economist • Financial Times • Newsday • New York Post • theSkimm • Refinery29 • Bloomberg • Self • Real Simple • Town & Country • Bustle • Paste • Publishers Weekly • Library Journal • LibraryReads • Book Riot • Pamela Paul, KQED • New York Public Library
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 039959051X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
#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 PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • BILL GATES’S HOLIDAY READING LIST • 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. “Beautiful and propulsive . . . Despite the singularity of [Westover’s] childhood, the questions her book poses are universal: How much of ourselves should we give to those we love? And how much must we betray them to grow up?”—Vogue NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • O: The Oprah Magazine • Time • NPR • Good Morning America • San Francisco Chronicle • The Guardian • The Economist • Financial Times • Newsday • New York Post • theSkimm • Refinery29 • Bloomberg • Self • Real Simple • Town & Country • Bustle • Paste • Publishers Weekly • Library Journal • LibraryReads • Book Riot • Pamela Paul, KQED • New York Public Library
Educating
Author: LaRee Westover
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781735486505
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
LaRee has spent her life educating from a young girl teaching a primary class through teaching her 7 children at home as well as teaching classes on herbs, oils, homeopathy, and more. Thisbook is her memoir. This book is my memoir- a memoir that for several years now, I have known I would write one day. But let's set the record straight right here. Part, but only part, of the impetus for writing my memoir at this time, is the publishing of our daughter's book, Educated. I want to tell the story of my life as I really lived it and not in the dramatically fictionalized way others, based on my daughter's book, are telling it for me. I want my grandchildren to know who their grandmother is and was, I want to be a force for good in their lives. Also, I feel a compelling desire to shine a light on homeschooling, herbal medicine, and the living og a conservative and Christian way of life.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781735486505
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
LaRee has spent her life educating from a young girl teaching a primary class through teaching her 7 children at home as well as teaching classes on herbs, oils, homeopathy, and more. Thisbook is her memoir. This book is my memoir- a memoir that for several years now, I have known I would write one day. But let's set the record straight right here. Part, but only part, of the impetus for writing my memoir at this time, is the publishing of our daughter's book, Educated. I want to tell the story of my life as I really lived it and not in the dramatically fictionalized way others, based on my daughter's book, are telling it for me. I want my grandchildren to know who their grandmother is and was, I want to be a force for good in their lives. Also, I feel a compelling desire to shine a light on homeschooling, herbal medicine, and the living og a conservative and Christian way of life.
Soul's Little Lie
Author: Tara Dobbs
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781940315782
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Vivian Warren has been practicing magic all her life and has finally found herself face to face with her spirit guide. The sorrow in the man's eyes compels her to go with him on a journey to his home in Lowell, Massachusetts. Hot on their trail, Detective Jacob Umari must uncover the link between this mysterious man with Vivian and a cold case file. The Soul's Little Lie series is a haunting, psychological soft horror mystery filled with love, fear, and a glimpse into the workings of a broken heart.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781940315782
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Vivian Warren has been practicing magic all her life and has finally found herself face to face with her spirit guide. The sorrow in the man's eyes compels her to go with him on a journey to his home in Lowell, Massachusetts. Hot on their trail, Detective Jacob Umari must uncover the link between this mysterious man with Vivian and a cold case file. The Soul's Little Lie series is a haunting, psychological soft horror mystery filled with love, fear, and a glimpse into the workings of a broken heart.
Memphis: A Read with Jenna Pick
Author: Tara M. Stringfellow
Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback
ISBN: 0593230507
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • A spellbinding debut novel tracing three generations of a Southern Black family and one daughter’s discovery that she has the power to change her family’s legacy. “A rhapsodic hymn to Black women.”—The New York Times Book Review “I fell in love with this family, from Joan’s fierce heart to her grandmother Hazel’s determined resilience. Tara Stringfellow will be an author to watch for years to come.”—Jacqueline Woodson, New York Times bestselling author of Red at the Bone LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Boston Globe, NPR, BuzzFeed, Glamour, PopSugar Summer 1995: Ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father’s explosive temper and seek refuge at her mother’s ancestral home in Memphis. This is not the first time violence has altered the course of the family’s trajectory. Half a century earlier, Joan’s grandfather built this majestic house in the historic Black neighborhood of Douglass—only to be lynched days after becoming the first Black detective in the city. Joan tries to settle into her new life, but family secrets cast a longer shadow than any of them expected. As she grows up, Joan finds relief in her artwork, painting portraits of the community in Memphis. One of her subjects is their enigmatic neighbor Miss Dawn, who claims to know something about curses, and whose stories about the past help Joan see how her passion, imagination, and relentless hope are, in fact, the continuation of a long matrilineal tradition. Joan begins to understand that her mother, her mother’s mother, and the mothers before them persevered, made impossible choices, and put their dreams on hold so that her life would not have to be defined by loss and anger—that the sole instrument she needs for healing is her paintbrush. Unfolding over seventy years through a chorus of unforgettable voices that move back and forth in time, Memphis paints an indelible portrait of inheritance, celebrating the full complexity of what we pass down, in a family and as a country: brutality and justice, faith and forgiveness, sacrifice and love.
Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback
ISBN: 0593230507
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • A spellbinding debut novel tracing three generations of a Southern Black family and one daughter’s discovery that she has the power to change her family’s legacy. “A rhapsodic hymn to Black women.”—The New York Times Book Review “I fell in love with this family, from Joan’s fierce heart to her grandmother Hazel’s determined resilience. Tara Stringfellow will be an author to watch for years to come.”—Jacqueline Woodson, New York Times bestselling author of Red at the Bone LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Boston Globe, NPR, BuzzFeed, Glamour, PopSugar Summer 1995: Ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father’s explosive temper and seek refuge at her mother’s ancestral home in Memphis. This is not the first time violence has altered the course of the family’s trajectory. Half a century earlier, Joan’s grandfather built this majestic house in the historic Black neighborhood of Douglass—only to be lynched days after becoming the first Black detective in the city. Joan tries to settle into her new life, but family secrets cast a longer shadow than any of them expected. As she grows up, Joan finds relief in her artwork, painting portraits of the community in Memphis. One of her subjects is their enigmatic neighbor Miss Dawn, who claims to know something about curses, and whose stories about the past help Joan see how her passion, imagination, and relentless hope are, in fact, the continuation of a long matrilineal tradition. Joan begins to understand that her mother, her mother’s mother, and the mothers before them persevered, made impossible choices, and put their dreams on hold so that her life would not have to be defined by loss and anger—that the sole instrument she needs for healing is her paintbrush. Unfolding over seventy years through a chorus of unforgettable voices that move back and forth in time, Memphis paints an indelible portrait of inheritance, celebrating the full complexity of what we pass down, in a family and as a country: brutality and justice, faith and forgiveness, sacrifice and love.
Falling for His Suspect
Author: Tara Taylor Quinn
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 1867233258
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
All he wants is justice…until his search for the truth leads him to her. Detective Greg Johnson thinks he knows how to handle witnesses. Then he meets Jasmine Taylor. They both want to get to the bottom of the allegations against Jasmine’s brother, but can Greg trust her to tell him everything she knows? And can he trust himself to resist this enigmatic — and alluring — woman with a tragic past? Mills & Boon Romantic Suspense — Danger. Passion. Drama.
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 1867233258
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
All he wants is justice…until his search for the truth leads him to her. Detective Greg Johnson thinks he knows how to handle witnesses. Then he meets Jasmine Taylor. They both want to get to the bottom of the allegations against Jasmine’s brother, but can Greg trust her to tell him everything she knows? And can he trust himself to resist this enigmatic — and alluring — woman with a tragic past? Mills & Boon Romantic Suspense — Danger. Passion. Drama.
Fighting for Tara
Author: Sunanda Chatterjee
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781534809499
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
How far will a mother go to save her child?"I have no use for a baby girl. Get rid of her tonight!" He towered over her as she cringed in fear.But Hansa, a thirteen-year-old child-bride in rural India, refuses to remain a victim of the oppressive society where a female child is an unwanted burden. Instead of drowning her baby, Hansa escapes from her village with three-month-old Tara.Hansa soon discovers that life as a teenage mother is fraught with danger. But a single lie opens the door to a promising opportunity far from home.Just seven years later, Hansa finds herself fighting for Tara's life once more, this time in an American court, with a woman she calls 'Mother.'Will the lie upon which Hansa built her life, defeat its own purpose? How can she succeed when no one believes the truth? A story of two mothers, two daughters and a fight to save a child, Fighting for Tara explores the depth of love and motherhood.Editorial Reviews:"Poignant, heart-rending, compelling... A must read." ~ Renita D'Silva, Bestselling Author of 'The Forgotten Daughter'"A magnificent tapestry of love, hope, and the triumph of the human spirit." ~ Usha Narayanan, Bestselling Author of 'Pradyumna: Son of Krishna' and 'Love, Lies and Layoffs' "A must read! ~ Sundari Venkatraman, Author of 'The Madras Affair'"A gripping tale that will keep you on the edge". Ruchira Khanna, Author of 'Choices'"A heartbreaking saga... An un-putdownable read.' Ruchi Singh, Author of 'Take 2: Second Chance at Happiness'"A poignant and heartwarming tale of a mother's unconditional love - what a great story! ~ Shoumi Sen, Author of From 'The Toddler Diaries'
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781534809499
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
How far will a mother go to save her child?"I have no use for a baby girl. Get rid of her tonight!" He towered over her as she cringed in fear.But Hansa, a thirteen-year-old child-bride in rural India, refuses to remain a victim of the oppressive society where a female child is an unwanted burden. Instead of drowning her baby, Hansa escapes from her village with three-month-old Tara.Hansa soon discovers that life as a teenage mother is fraught with danger. But a single lie opens the door to a promising opportunity far from home.Just seven years later, Hansa finds herself fighting for Tara's life once more, this time in an American court, with a woman she calls 'Mother.'Will the lie upon which Hansa built her life, defeat its own purpose? How can she succeed when no one believes the truth? A story of two mothers, two daughters and a fight to save a child, Fighting for Tara explores the depth of love and motherhood.Editorial Reviews:"Poignant, heart-rending, compelling... A must read." ~ Renita D'Silva, Bestselling Author of 'The Forgotten Daughter'"A magnificent tapestry of love, hope, and the triumph of the human spirit." ~ Usha Narayanan, Bestselling Author of 'Pradyumna: Son of Krishna' and 'Love, Lies and Layoffs' "A must read! ~ Sundari Venkatraman, Author of 'The Madras Affair'"A gripping tale that will keep you on the edge". Ruchira Khanna, Author of 'Choices'"A heartbreaking saga... An un-putdownable read.' Ruchi Singh, Author of 'Take 2: Second Chance at Happiness'"A poignant and heartwarming tale of a mother's unconditional love - what a great story! ~ Shoumi Sen, Author of From 'The Toddler Diaries'
We Are Us
Author: Tara Leigh
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781732801097
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
I fell in love with a beautiful, broken boy.His whispered words of love were the sweetest of lies.He gave me his heart and destroyed mine.I am his.I fell in love with the beautiful man who broke me.His boldly spoken vow was the cruelest of cages.He gave me his name and destroyed my soul.He is mine.The boy I once loved is now a man.The man I once loved is now gone.We are us.I have been called many things.Victim. Survivor. Daughter. Sister. Wife.Now I am called something else.Murderer.Believe it or not, this is our love story.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781732801097
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
I fell in love with a beautiful, broken boy.His whispered words of love were the sweetest of lies.He gave me his heart and destroyed mine.I am his.I fell in love with the beautiful man who broke me.His boldly spoken vow was the cruelest of cages.He gave me his name and destroyed my soul.He is mine.The boy I once loved is now a man.The man I once loved is now gone.We are us.I have been called many things.Victim. Survivor. Daughter. Sister. Wife.Now I am called something else.Murderer.Believe it or not, this is our love story.
Lies & Deceit
Author: R. V. Keerthi
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1639746536
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The Devarayas are the powerful people in Tular. Their manor is the birthplace of unbelievable rumors. Although every rumor has a bit of truth to it, isn't it? Tara Devaraya is a young widow running from her dreadful past and perverse sins. She carries a secret that can destroy her life. Wherever she goes, trouble and despair follow. When she has a chance to reunite with her family, she takes it. What starts as a harmless pursuit of happiness takes a nasty turn when she stumbles into the secrets of the people she loves. They all carry secrets that are far more sinister than hers. Amid the entanglement of love and yearning, she becomes a player in someone's game of revenge. The consequences of knowing the truths put her life in jeopardy. She's faced with two choices: Reveal her secret or repeat the same sin.
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1639746536
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The Devarayas are the powerful people in Tular. Their manor is the birthplace of unbelievable rumors. Although every rumor has a bit of truth to it, isn't it? Tara Devaraya is a young widow running from her dreadful past and perverse sins. She carries a secret that can destroy her life. Wherever she goes, trouble and despair follow. When she has a chance to reunite with her family, she takes it. What starts as a harmless pursuit of happiness takes a nasty turn when she stumbles into the secrets of the people she loves. They all carry secrets that are far more sinister than hers. Amid the entanglement of love and yearning, she becomes a player in someone's game of revenge. The consequences of knowing the truths put her life in jeopardy. She's faced with two choices: Reveal her secret or repeat the same sin.
Where the Dog Star Never Glows
Author: Tara L. Masih
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780982576052
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
In this impressive debut collection, Tara Masih shows an intimate sense of understanding her characters' innermost feelings, creating a memorable map of diverse characters that span the globe and several eras. Ghosts dance, butterflies swarm, men crystallize, the sun disappears, and water plays a role in both destruction and repair of the soul. With an unflinching eye, a mythical awareness of the natural world, and poetic, crafted prose, Masih examines the dark recesses of the mind and heart, which often leads to a small or great triumph or illumination that will resonate long after the last page is turned.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780982576052
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
In this impressive debut collection, Tara Masih shows an intimate sense of understanding her characters' innermost feelings, creating a memorable map of diverse characters that span the globe and several eras. Ghosts dance, butterflies swarm, men crystallize, the sun disappears, and water plays a role in both destruction and repair of the soul. With an unflinching eye, a mythical awareness of the natural world, and poetic, crafted prose, Masih examines the dark recesses of the mind and heart, which often leads to a small or great triumph or illumination that will resonate long after the last page is turned.
The Color Book
Author: Sophie Benini Pietromarchi
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789383145010
Category : Color in art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents a journey into the world of color, offering techniques for creating a personal diary filled with the colors and designs that memories evoke.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789383145010
Category : Color in art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents a journey into the world of color, offering techniques for creating a personal diary filled with the colors and designs that memories evoke.