Then, lacking any formal education, Tara began to educate herself. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education and no one to intervene when one of Tara's older brothers became violent.
Gashes and concussions, even burns from explosions, were all treated at home with herbalism. Her father forbade hospitals, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse. In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag". Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom.
In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, a A previously published edition of ISBN 9780399590504 can be found here. A previously published edition of ISBN 9780399590504 can be found here.
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