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Tara Is Born
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Family Gets In An Car Crash
When Tara is ten, her family gets in a car accident. Her mother gets serious injured and has to spend months laying in the cellar. The mother likely had severe brain damage. -
Second Car Crash
The family goes on a trip to Arizona, and tries to drive through a storm leading to another crash which results in Tara not being able to move her neck. Her brother Shawn comes home and fixes it for her. -
Shawn's Accident and Violence
Shawn asks Tara to get him a cup of water, and she pours it on his head, which leads to him grabbing her hair and forcing her head in the toilet and twisting her wrist until she apologizes. That same year, Shawn had an accident at work and hit his head, which caused him to forget how to do basic tasks, and once he recovers he is much more violent and cruel. -
Tara goes to college and experiences more violence
Tara is now attending college and comes home for Thanksgiving, and Shawn subjects her to violence while Tara brought a friend. Later, Shawn pushes Tara to the ground and twists her wrist very hard in the middle of a parking lot. Tara dismisses this as "only fun" -
Tara goes to cambridge
Tara impresses a professor and manages to get into Cambridge University, and she is beginning to learn how to take help from others. With help from her aunt she gets a passport and moves to England. At Cambridge she feels like she does not deserve to be there. Even though lots of professors are impressed by her work and tells her that she belongs there as much as anyone else, she still does not feel like she belongs. This probably has roots in the violence she has experienced. -
Tara gets into harvard
Tara gets into harvard and her parents try to recovery her but fail, so they cut her out of their life. Neither of them believe Tara about Shawn's abuse of her or her sister Audrey, and Audrey apologizes but believes Tara is dangerous and so she cuts her out of her life as well. Tyler is the only one that supports Tara