Thanks so much to NetGalley, Random House, and Dr Tara Westover for the opportunity to read and review this memoir - amazing.
This is a difficult book to read but an absolute amazing portrait of someone who was able to rise from the ashes of their family life and create a new, healthy life.
Tara was raised in Idaho by religious fanatical parents. They were Mormon but so far off from even that religion. The father did not believe in government interference of any kind - so no medical treatment, no public school, no birth certificates, driver's licenses, insurance - the list goes on. The mother was into homeopathic treatments - midwifery, essential oils - and had her own mind somewhere but still followed her husband's rules, including ignoring all of the abuse heaped on her and her sister by her brother.
This is a difficult book to read - the descriptions of the brother's abuse as well as what the father made his children do are not for the faint of heart. But what is amazing is that Tara is able to go on to get her PhD after never having set one foot in school!
I found myself so grateful to my parents for all the "normalness" I experienced - school, books, cleanliness. Amazing story!!
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