Cambridge, Brigham Young Univeristy, Trinity Collage
Tara’s family was split down the middle. 3 of the children earned PhD’s and 4 had no high school diploma. The 4 became dependent on the family business.
Tara, as a girl growing up, was not just a tom-boy, she was doing the work of a man from childhood. She could drive a fork lift before she could drive a car. The family lived during those years off the junk yard that surrounded their house. The father did construction work and the children were required to help. It was dangerous and the work they did would scare anyone. Tara’s transition into a young woman, with the years of being on the crew, are interesting and her intellectual look at herself about this time was insightful.
After Tara left, and after her father’s life changing accident, her mothers herbal business took off and became a major area employer. It was a good example of how a little scripture can really sell a product.
This is a compelling and important memoir. The writing is excellent, and the purity of thought and honesty is a powerful reason for why this book is so important.
Quotes
"Getting an education had changed me. I couldn’t go forward, because my parents couldn’t go forward with me, and I couldn’t go back, because that person didn’t exist any more."
"An education isn't about making a living; it's about making a person."
“Choices, numberless as grains of sand, had layered and compressed, coalescing into sediment, then into rock, until all was set in stone."
“First find out what you are capable of, then decide who you are.”
