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Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape

Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape by Jenna Miscavige Hill, Lisa Pulitzer

May 13, 2019 by badkittyuno 1 Comment

These Scientology books always amaze me. The otherwise totally normal and intelligent people who get sucked into a cult like Scientology, and drag their children along them, will never make sense to me. But that won’t stop me from reading the memoirs of ex-Scientologists. Jenna Miscavige grew up deep in the Scientology organization. Her uncle, David Miscavige, ran the church, and although she didn’t really know him, having the Miscavige name carried a lot of weight. It also carried a lot of expectations — she […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Jenna Miscavige Hill, Lisa Pulitzer

badkittyuno's CBR11 Review No:70 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Jenna Miscavige Hill, Lisa Pulitzer ·
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“The problem is that Scientology is a system that makes it nearly impossible for you to think for yourself. “

July 9, 2017 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

Beyond Belief is my third Scientology related memoir and, while it has its merits, there isn’t much about the cult that surprises me anymore which took some of the oomph out of this one. Jenna Miscavige Hill, unlike Ron Miscavige and Leah Remini, was born into Scientology. Her father, Ronnie Miscavige, was brought into Scientology by his father, Ron Sr, and her maternal grandmother had followed LRH since the ’50s. When Jenna was only two years old her parents decided to enter the SeaOrg which meant […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Beyond Belief, Jenna Miscavige Hill, Lisa Pulitzer, scientology

Caitlin_D's CBR9 Review No:74 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Beyond Belief, Jenna Miscavige Hill, Lisa Pulitzer, scientology ·
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