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THE UNBREAKABLE MISS LOVELY-TONY ORTEGA
This book is about (and helped written by) Paulette Cooper,a journalist who was one of the first to shed a light on the cult that is scientology-and one of the reasons people for so long were afraid to speak out against it.
this story is INSANE. It follows her from her childhood,which she spent in an orphanage after her parents were killed at Auschwitz,to when she wrote the book "The scandal of Scientology" in 1971 and the years of psychological terror,harrassement and cruelty she had to suffer through by the cult. The length they went to is unbelievable and scary-from breaking into peoples homes to steal (and publicly release) peoples diaries,breaking into hospitales for their files,threatening people with guns,tap peoples phones,send spies to befriend them then humiliate them by letting out their secrets..the list goes on and on-and these things arnt even the worst.It follows Paulette as she suffers a mental break down because of it,trying to find her feet again before being knocked down yet again.
For those who watch (you all should give it a try) Leah Remini: Scientology and the aftermath, Paulette made a quick appearance two episodes ago,but it didnt even cover 1/20 of what happened.I knew some of it from before,since i have an interest in the subject,but it turned out to be very little. The fact that the woman is still living and breathing is remarkable.
My only small objection to this book is that it starts out with her childhood then goes on to her fight against scientology-but then in the middle of when its all happening,it starts from the beginning of her childhood again-which was a bit of an anti climax and was really uneeded-it would have been better to lett it follow in order of the years. But apart from that,this is a really interesting,heartbreaking and unfortunately true story.
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