Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape (Audiobook)

from 4leschats

Jenna is the niece of Scientology director, David Miscavige, but life within Scientology is anything but idyllic. From an early age, she is on her own, either living with her parents who are working 60+ hours a week or separated from them at a camp where children must do manual labor along with i...

from akblanchard

It could have been about a hundred pages shorter, and it's awkwardly written, but the story of Jenna Miscavige Hill's life as a second-generation Scientologist should be read by anyone who wants to understand what it is like to grow up in this dangerous, soul-crushing group. Ms. Hill is the niece...

from blackrabbit89

Thanks to a religion class I took in college, I knew a bit about Scientology beliefs and practices going into this book; I had a pretty solid outsider's view of the controversial religion. But this memoir does what the title says: it takes you inside the life of a young girl who was born and rais...

from susan.h.schofield

I'm giving this book four stars for the subject matter - it was fascinating to learn about Scientology. It truly is a cult and I am amazed at what they get away with. However, the writing itself was not very good and really only deserves two stars - but the author's insight and detail make up for...

from LibraryCin

Jenna is the niece of the head of the Church of Scientology. From a young age – 6 years old, I think – her family was very high up in the Scientology world, and this kept her mostly separated from her parents as she and her older brother were indoctrinated into the Church. It seems their lives we...