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Reclaiming My Decade Lost in Scientology
- Narrated by: Sands Hall
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
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Publisher's Summary
In this audiobook, Sands Hall chronicles her slow yet willing absorption into the Church of Scientology. Her time in the Church, the 1980s, includes the secretive illness and death of its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, and the ascension of David Miscavige. Hall compellingly reveals what drew her into the religion - what she found intriguing and useful - and how she came to confront its darker sides.
As a young woman from a literary family striving to forge her own way as an artist, Hall ricochets between the worlds of Shakespeare, avant-garde theater, and soap opera, until her brilliant elder brother, playwright Oakley Hall III, falls from a bridge and suffers permanent brain damage. In the secluded canyons of Hollywood, she finds herself increasingly drawn toward the certainty that Scientology appears to offer.
In this candid and nuanced memoir, Hall recounts her spiritual and artistic journey with a visceral affection for language, delighting in the way words can create a shared world. However, as Hall begins to grasp how purposefully Hubbard has created the unique language of Scientology - in the process isolating and indoctrinating its practitioners - she confronts how language can also be used as a tool of authoritarianism.
Hall is a captivating guide, and this audiobook explores how she has found meaning and purpose within that decade that for so long she thought of as lost; how she has faced the "flunk" represented by those years, and has embraced a way to "start" anew.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-12-2022
Worthwhile
Eye opening, great detail and insight. I enjoyed the reading and content. Recommend for anyone interested in this topic.
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- Amazon Customer
- 15-11-2020
An unusual Scientology memoir; beautifully written
More an intriguing personal search for meaning than an escape from Scientology saga; I loved every word.
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- Grant Lewis
- 15-11-2023
enjoyed immensly
I enjoyed not only the story but also appreciated the beautiful way it was written.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-03-2024
A well written, interesting, personal account of time within the 'church'.
This was a great read. It was very interesting, educational, and the narration (by the author) was perfect.
A welcome side effect from reading it is that I actually now feel like reading definitions of words out of a dictionary (something I used to enjoy in school).
Enjoy!
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