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 closest of ties. With the acute insight that distinguishes all great writers, Westover 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 one's life through new eyes and the will to change it.
A novel about family, first love, grief, and betrayal that will touch the hearts of both mothers and daughters.
A story of four pregnant teenagers in 1970s Florida who are sent to a home for unwed mothers to have their babies in secret and give them up for adoption. When they discover a book on witchcraft, they use it to gain power and fight back against the system that has stripped them of their agency.
Millie Calloway, an ex-convict, who takes a job as a live-in housekeeper for a wealthy family. She quickly discovers they are hiding dark secrets and their lives are filled with deception and manipulation.
A historical narrative that follows the journey of a cotton sack, known as Ashley's Sack, and its connection to the lives of enslaved women and their descendants.
Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcott’s most popular and enduring novel, Little Women. Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo, tragically frail Beth, beautiful Meg, and romantic, spoiled Amy, united in their devotion to each other and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War.
In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots—fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They’re a family, hidden and safe.
2. Buddies - C. Family
The second decision on your road trip is who you are traveling with! You'll have three road trip buddies to choose from, and the third choice you can make is traveling with Family!
Complete the Family choice by reading any title that features one or more family members (found family also counts) of any character, in any capacity, at any point in the story and recording the title on your Road Trip tracking sheet.
You can use any title that you’d like, but here are some suggestions to complete the Family choice.
Educated by Tara Westover (Print) (Libby eBook)
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (Print) (Libby eBook)
Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty (Print) (Libby Audio)
I am not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez (Print) (Libby eBook) (Libby Audio)
The Fact of a Body: a murder and a memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich (I-Share Print)
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (Print) (Libby Audio)
Running with Scissors: a memoir by Augusten Burroughs (Print)
While you were Out: an intimate family portrait of mental illness in an era of silence by Meg Kissinger (I-Share Print) (Libby Audio)
The Godfather by Mario Puzo (Print)
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (Print) (Libby eBook) (Libby Audio)
All that she carried: the journey of Ashle's Sack, a black family keepsake by Tiya Miles (I-Share Print) (Libby eBook) (Libby Audio)
Example by Example (I-Share Print) (I-Share Audio) (Libby eBook) (Libby Audio)