I read reviews of this best seller and wondered if it lived up to the hype. When I finally held a copy in my hands, I could hardly put it down. Tara Westover grew up in a household commandeered by a radical fundamentalist father with a deep mistrust of public school, hospitals—all things government related—and obsessed with being prepared for the apocalypse. It is her story of pursuing an education and graduating from college, but also of finding her own way in life and reconciling her heart with her upbringing.