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I agree with you--well said. Tara tried to give both sides of a story whenever the versions didn't match perfectly from memories. I think she is very brave to write this book and I hope it proves to be cathartic for her.
I know I'm late to the part per this post, but I found the photo you referred to on FB. If you read Laree's commentary on the photo, it is more than 10 years old. She says he is more grey and that's the only difference. But she does not post any photos from after the time period in which Tara says the accident occurred. Her behavior is right in line with Tara's references in the book that mormon women are told they have to follow their husband's rules, orders and support him and have to let them make decisions as the men have priesthoold power over their families. Her not posting current photos honors him and discredits Tara just like she did in the book. So I don't think that photo is the reason not to believe. This book was endorsed by Time and other organizations that would vet it out before endorsing to the degree that they did. Just a thought.
LaRee claims in the FB comments that the photo of her husband, dated Dec 2009 is about 1 1/2 years AFTER the explosion, showing testimony to her skill as an alternative medicine healer. Some possibilities - the photo is pre-accident and she is just claiming it's after. The photo is photo shopped to repair damage shown. It also shows only one side, and there's another photo that shows him opening a present. That photo is in a dark area, but I detect injuries to the left side of his face (not the side shown in the other photo), and a weird way of holding the gift. LaRee could easily corroborate her claims by posting a current photo of him, but has chosen not to as of this writing, which I find suspicious given all of the controversy surrounding how big of an injury it was/was not.
Actually, none of that makes her credible, it just makes her a a good writer. The fact that there are bad people doesn't mean that every accusation of someone being bad is credible.
What is incredible is how much of her story doesn't jibe with reality - or how she tells stories of things that are common in LDS culture, but shares only portions and leaves out the rest of the story and context to make it look worse. She does the same in her interviews.
More than anything, it's her complete refusal to acknowledge the hand her parents obviously played in her education. If they had not giver her some excellent skills, she would not have been able to do things like prepare and pass the ACT, catch up with gaps in knowledge, etc.
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I agree with you--well said. Tara tried to give both sides of a story whenever the versions didn't match perfectly from memories. I think she is very brave to write this book and I hope it proves to be cathartic for her.
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I know I'm late to the part per this post, but I found the photo you referred to on FB. If you read Laree's commentary on the photo, it is more than 10 years old. She says he is more grey and that's the only difference. But she does not post any photos from after the time period in which Tara says the accident occurred. Her behavior is right in line with Tara's references in the book that mormon women are told they have to follow their husband's rules, orders and support him and have to let them make decisions as the men have priesthoold power over their families. Her not posting current photos honors him and discredits Tara just like she did in the book. So I don't think that photo is the reason not to believe. This book was endorsed by Time and other organizations that would vet it out before endorsing to the degree that they did. Just a thought.
LaRee claims in the FB comments that the photo of her husband, dated Dec 2009 is about 1 1/2 years AFTER the explosion, showing testimony to her skill as an alternative medicine healer. Some possibilities - the photo is pre-accident and she is just claiming it's after. The photo is photo shopped to repair damage shown. It also shows only one side, and there's another photo that shows him opening a present. That photo is in a dark area, but I detect injuries to the left side of his face (not the side shown in the other photo), and a weird way of holding the gift. LaRee could easily corroborate her claims by posting a current photo of him, but has chosen not to as of this writing, which I find suspicious given all of the controversy surrounding how big of an injury it was/was not.
Actually, none of that makes her credible, it just makes her a a good writer. The fact that there are bad people doesn't mean that every accusation of someone being bad is credible.What is incredible is how much of her story doesn't jibe with reality - or how she tells stories of things that are common in LDS culture, but shares only portions and leaves out the rest of the story and context to make it look worse. She does the same in her interviews.
More than anything, it's her complete refusal to acknowledge the hand her parents obviously played in her education. If they had not giver her some excellent skills, she would not have been able to do things like prepare and pass the ACT, catch up with gaps in knowledge, etc.
