Of course this is a memoir/autobiography, so it is apparently time to explore the beginning of the story for a bit.

The first thing we’re told is that Sarah’s arrival in Alaska was foreshadowed by a massive disaster, an unprecedented 9.2 earthquake, on record at the time as the largest in North American history. It’s quite possible that Alaska was shaking in fear of the climate disaster yet to come (and yet to be generally ignored by Ms. Palin).

Regardless, we do learn one key fact about the young Sarah: she’s very independent-minded; a free spirit if you will. She attempts to fly and stubbornly refuses to accept the alphabet as is. And because its small town Alaska, she’s even allowed to walk the town alone at age four.

Of course in flying and (presumably) alphabet penmanship she eventually conforms.

But that’s all we know for now, because that’s page 9.

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