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Lisa Pulitzer

    Lisa Pulitzer
    Beyond Belief
    Portrait of a Monster
    Het begon toen ik veertien was
    Het begon toen ik veertien was
    • Beyond Belief

      My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape

      • 416bladzijden
      • 15 uur lezen

      Jenna Miscavige Hill was raised to obey. As the niece of the Church of Scientology's leader David Miscavige, she grew up at the center of this highly controversial and powerful organization. But at twenty-one Jenna made a daring break from Scientology. Now she speaks out about her life, the Church, and her dramatic escape, piercing the veil of secrecy that has long shrouded this world. Jenna reveals unprecedented insider knowledge of the religion, its obscure rituals, and its mysterious leader. From her prolonged separation from her parents as a child to her lack of personal freedoms to the organization's emphasis on celebrity recruitment, Jenna goes behind the scenes of Scientology's oppressive and alienating culture. Yet it is only when her family approaches dissolution that she is finally able to see the psychological control that has ruled her life. Faced with a heartbreaking choice, she details how she made a courageous escape, but not before being put through the ultimate test of family, faith, and love. At once captivating and disturbing, Beyond Belief is an eye-opening exploration of the limits of religion and the lengths to which one woman went to break free.

      Beyond Belief2013
      3,8
    • Portrait of a Monster

      • 352bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      From a pair of "New York Times"-bestselling authors comes an in-depth account of the manhunt for Joran van der Sloot, a suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba and, five years later, the murder of a young woman in Peru.

      Portrait of a Monster2011
      4,0
    • Het begon toen ik veertien was

      • 431bladzijden
      • 16 uur lezen

      Autobiografie over uithuwelijking, seksueel misbruik binnen een mormoonse sekte in Amerika. Auteur groeit op in een gemeenschap van de mormoonse sekte, Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FDLS), waar polygamie gebruikelijk is. Ze beschrijft haar gedwongen huwelijk op haar veertiende jaar en seksueel misbruik door haar echtgenoot. Dit leidt tot een rechtszaak in de periode 2005-2007 waarbij ze de sekteleider wegens verkrachting en misbruik van minderjarige meisjes aanklaagt.

      Het begon toen ik veertien was2008
      4,0