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If you wake up in the middle of the night and find yourself had not read a book for a long time. And there is no sense of guilt, you must know that you have fallen. Its not that books are great, but reading means that you dont fully agree with this world and reality. You still have pursuits, struggles, and dissatisfaction. You are still looking for another possibility, another way of life. Think more, read more, hope that your world is more vast and beautiful. I recommend it to you anyway, you can make it yourself! 1.Educated An unforgettable memoir in the tradition of THE GLASS CASTLE about a young girl who kept out of school leaves her survivalist family and goes on to ea.rn a Ph.D. from Cambridge University. Tara Wtover was 17 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 hom.e 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 faers junkyard. Her faer forbade hospitals, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse. Gashes and coussions, even burns from explosions, were all treated at hom.e 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 one of Taras older brothers became violent. Then, lacking any formal education, Tara began to educate herself. She taught herself enough mathematics and grammar to be admitted to Brigham Young University, where she studied history, lea.rning for the first time about important world events like the Holocaust and the civil rights movement. Her qut for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across co.ntinents, to Harvard and to Cambridge. Only then would she wonder if shed traveled too far if there was still a way hom.e. EDUCATED is an account of the struggle for self invention. It is a tale of fierce family loyalty, and of the grief that comes with severing the clost of ties. With the acute insight that distinguishes all great writers, Wtover 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 ones life through new eyes, and the will to change it. 2. The Great Alone Featuring a rich cast of characters and elevated by the riveting portrayal of hom.teading in Alaska in the 1970s, this is a compassionate story of a family. ―People, Book of the Week This epic atmospheric novel examines humans will to endure the unthinkable. ―Real Simple magazine There are many great things about this book It will thrill her fans with its combination of Greek tragedy, Romeo and Juliet like coming of age story and domtic potboiler. She recreates in magical detail the lives of Alaskas hom.teaders and is just as specific and authentic in her depiction of the spiritual wounds of post America. A tour de force. ―Kirkus starred review Hannah vividly evokes the natural beauty and danger of Alaska and paints a compelling portrait of a family in crisis and a community on the brink of change. ―Booklist Reliably alluring The Great Alone is packed with rapturous descriptions of Alaskan scenery… Hannah remembers and summons an undeveloped wilderness, describing a gloriously pristine region in the days before cruise ships discovered it. ―NYT Daily Review In this latt from Hannah, the landscape is hard and bleak but our young heroe lea.rns to accept it and discover her true self fans will appreciate the astuteness of the story and the unbreakable co.nnection between mother and child. ―Library Journal Hannah ski.llfully situates the emotional family saga in the events and culture of the late 70s But its her tautly drawn characters―Large Marge, Genny, Mad Earl, Tica, Tom―who co.ntribute not only to Lenis improbable survival but to her salvation amid her familys tragedy. ―Publishers Weekly starred review Hannah turns the written word into wonderful prose Times are difficult for so many in this novel and Hannah captures their suffering with sensitivity. The author expertly shows how love, deh, and birth run the full circle of life. ―RT Book Reviews 3. The Feather Thief As heard on N.s This American Life Absorbing Though its non fiction, The Feather Thief co.ntains many of the elements of a classic thriller. Maureen Corrigan, N.s Fresh Air One of the most peculiar and memorable true cri books ever. Christian Science Monitor A rollicking true cri adventure and a captivating journey into an underground world of fanatical fly tiers and plume peddlers, for readers of The Stranger in the Woods, The Lost City of Z, and The Orchid Thief. On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a coert at Londons Royal Academy of Music, twenty year
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