General Description: In Tara's memoir, she takes you through her life as she grows up in a very isolated home that makes you believe she will not be able to get away from the home schooling, the lack of a birth certificate, and the dangerous work she has to endure. However, Tara has a drive to become educated. She explains why she has this drive to educate herself and exactly how she earns her PhD.

The stars:
- Tara's writing is extremely raw, she holds nothing back and i appreciated that
- I loved the call back to Tara's own journals and how she would record her story prior to this book.
- This book ends as if it's in the end of Tara's old life and I felt really resolved by the end of the book.
- The content was extremely interesting and Tara really made it clear this was her life experience and not trying to generalize anything that happened to her.

The loss of a half star:
- I do think there were moments where Tara would use a lot of vocabulary that I frankly did not know and I just felt a little lost. It did take me out of the reading experience a bit. 

Overall, if you're in the mindset for a reflective non-fiction book, and you can handle the trigger warnings, you should add it to your TBR list!