In today’s installment, we learn that Sarah’s family is just like our own family — dysfunctional but scrappy. From her parents, Sarah learned a rugged independence: each person was ultimately in control of his or her own destiny.

Basically, at least from an upbringing standpoint, Sarah was pretty normal. It’s pretty clear where she got her spirit of political activism. And to some degree its evident how that activism was bent towards the go-it-alone (vs. communal) brand. Sarah appears at this point in the book to take more after her dad than her mom, but of course influences exist from both DNA lines.

The only real funny in this section was the oh-so-not inadvertent name dropping of Ronald Reagan (again), this time in reference to a family member. It seems she’s hellbent on making sure you get it…Sarah is a Reaganite.

Thus concludes page 12.

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