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I have no doubt Tara Westover had a terrible childhood and terrible parents, but like the author of The Glass Castle, there are just too many unbelievable medical emergencies. A car accident where the whole family goes over a cliff without wearing seatbelts and no one dies seemed incredible. The mother is supposedly brain damaged after the accident, but there's no diagnosis from a medical professional to confirm that. But the brother catching on fire to the point that his skin is burned off down to muscle and sinew, and he recovers from that injury without attention from real medical professionals, well, that's just too much for me to stomach or frankly believe. That something terrible happened to her brother, I believe. That her horrible parents caused something terrible to happen to her brother, I believe. But that he suffered what she describes as third-degree burns, sought no medical attention, and actually recovered, no, I don't believe that. I'm sorry this memoir wasn't believable for me, so it wasn't instructive. I returned it to Audible. But I have to say, Julia Whelan, the narrator was great.