She pulls herself through the adversity that she faces with a realer sense of self and true knowledge of who she is, but you hurt alongside her through the gas-lighting, self-doubt, destruction and abuse her family and circumstance force her to claw through

and I could relate to despite the very unusual family circumstances

Powerful self-discovery amid difficult circumstances

Great read and a testament to the indomitable human spirit that can rise above the most difficult circumstances and upbringing, although not without a struggle and scars.

A classic example of how adversarial circumstances can bring out the best or the worst in you

Many of us do not grow up under perfect circumstances

Tara had to work against unusual circumstances and difficult family relationships to do this

A classic example of how adversarial circumstances can bring out the best or the worst in you

Showed how persistence can win out over the most difficult circumstances.

All the members of my book club were impressed by this young woman’s determination in the face of extremely difficult circumstances.

You always know there are people out there who grow up in unusual and different circumstances, even painful and violent places that you don't want to think about or can't suppose really still exist today, but the author here has given us a masterpiece as she recounts her most strange, dysfunctional and abusive background in the mountains of Idaho.

It amazes me that children raised in awful circumstances can rise above it and make a life for themselves

Well how come the rest of us can’t get into an Ivy League or get A’s on essays or 100% on finals that we failed the midterm for?

n’t put down but dread seeing it end.

n’t write another book unless she has actually freed her mind.

n’t think the author is lying (as others claim)

I should think that abuse as brutal as she described and the family denial will take her much longer to recover from than she describe

Tara’s story might help people to better understand who they are and inspire them to make themselves a fundamental change in their lives, as well as it might help the world, the public opinion, and people in position of leadership to better understand the dramatic lives of people isolated from education and health services

Furthermore, like her old sect, her new religion will reward her so long as she follows its tenets.

Brave as in everything she went