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The Westover Collection - Educated: A Memoir Tara Westover 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 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. <br> The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir <p><strong>A </strong><em><strong>NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL</strong></em><strong>, AND </strong><em><strong>USA TODAY</strong></em><strong> BESTSELLER</strong></p><p><strong>An intimate, powerful, and galvanizing memoir by Pulitzer Prize winner, human rights advocate, and former US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power. Named one of the best books of the year:</strong></p><p><strong><em>The New York Times</em></strong> • <strong>National Public Radio • <em>Time</em> • <em>The Economist • The Washington Post • Vanity Fair • Christian Science Monitor • Publishers Weekly</em> • Audible</strong></p><p><strong>“Her highly personal and reflective memoir . . . is a must-read for anyone who cares about our role in a changing world.”—President Barack Obama</strong></p><p><strong>Includes an updated afterword</strong></p><p>Tracing her distinctly American journey from immigrant to war correspondent to presidential Cabinet official, Samantha Power’s acclaimed memoir is a unique blend of suspenseful storytelling, vivid character portraits, and shrewd political insight. After her critiques of US foreign policy caught the eye of Senator Barack Obama, he invited her to work with him on Capitol Hill and then on his presidential campaign. When Obama won the presidency, Power went from being an activist outsider to serving as his human rights adviser and, in 2013, becoming the youngest-ever US Ambassador to the United Nations. Power transports us from her childhood in Dublin to the streets of war-torn Bosnia to the White House Situation Room and the world of high-stakes diplomacy, offering a compelling and deeply honest look at navigating the halls of power while trying to put one’s ideals into practice. Along the way, she lays bare the searing battles and defining moments of her life, shows how she juggled the demands of a 24/7 national security job with raising two young children, and makes the case for how we each can advance the cause of human dignity. This is an unforgettable account of the power of idealism—and of one person’s fierce determination to make a difference.</p><p>“This is a wonderful book. […] The interweaving of Power’s personal story, family story, diplomatic history and moral arguments is executed seamlessly and with unblinking honesty.”—THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, <em>The New York Times Book Review </em></p><p>“Truly engrossing…A pleasure to read.”—RACHEL MADDOW</p><p>“A beautiful memoir about the times we’re living in and the questions we must ask ourselves…I honestly couldn’t put it down.” —CHERYL STRAYED, author of <em>Wild </em></p> <p>“Power’s compelling memoir provides critically important insights we should all understand as we face some of the most vexing issues of our time.” —BRYAN STEVENSON, author of <em>Just Mercy</em></p> Freckled: A Memoir of Growing up Wild in Hawaii (Memoir Series Book 1) <h2><i><b>For fans of The Glass Castle and Educated, comes mystery author Toby Neal’s personal story of surviving a wild childhood in paradise.</b></i></h2><h4><b>We never call it homeless. We're just "camping" in the jungle on Kauai...</b></h4><p>We live in a place everyone calls paradise. Sure, Kauai’s beautiful, with empty beaches, drip-castle mountains, and perfect surf...but we’ve been "camping" for six months, eating boiled chicken feed for breakfast, and wearing camouflage clothes so no one sees us trespassing in our jungle hideout. The cockroaches leave rainbow colors all over everything from eating the crayons we left outside the tent, and now a tractor is coming to scrape our camp into the river.</p><p>Standing in front of the tent in my nightgown, clinging to my sister as we face the tractor, I know my own truth: <i>I just want to be normal.</i></p><p>But Mom and Pop are addicted.<br>Addicted to Kauai’s beauty, to drugs, to surfing, to living a life according to their own rules out from under their high-achieving parents’ judgmental eyes. I’m just their red-headed, mouthy, oldest kid. What I want doesn’t matter.</p><p>But I’m smart. I will make a different life for myself someday if I keep up my grades no matter what happens.<br>No matter how often we run out of food.<br>No matter how many times I change schools...or don’t go to school at all.<br>No matter how many bullies beat me up for the color of my skin.</p><h3><b><i>I might be growing up wild in Hawaii, but I have dreams I’m going to reach, no matter how crazy things get.</i></b></h3><h2><b><i>“An affecting and riveting chronicle of a singular childhood that evokes the contradictions of hippie utopian ideals in an unspoiled Hawaiian landscape long since lost.”</i> ~Kirkus Reviews</b></h2> Class Act Educated Tara Westover, Where the Crawdads Sing [Hardcover] 2 Books Collection Set <b>Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched Collectively:</b> <br> <br> <b>Educated Tara Westover, Where the Crawdads Sing [Hardcover] 2 Books Collection Set:</b> <br> <br> <b>Educated Tara Westover:</b> <br> Tara Westover and her family grew up preparing for the End of Days but, according to the government, she didn’t exist. She hadn’t been registered for a birth certificate. She had no school records because she’d never set foot in a classroom, and no medical records because her father didn’t believe in hospitals.As she grew older, her father became more radical and her brother more violent. At sixteen, Tara knew she had to leave home. In doing so she discovered both the transformative power of education, and the price she had to pay for it. <br> <br> <b>Where the Crawdads Sing:</b> <br> For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life - until the unthinkable happens. Educated by Tara Westover - 0099511029 9780099511021
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