Tara Westover 2018
- What it is
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It's a memoir · it leaves you shaken
- Genre
- Memoir
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It leaves you shaken · a farewell that moves you
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It leaves you shaken · nobody is entirely good
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A farewell that moves you · it's hiding a secret
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Comforting, like coming home · a small, intimate story
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It leaves you shaken, but in literary fiction
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It leaves you shaken, but in a classic
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