Flunk, start : reclaiming my decade lost in Scientology
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Published
Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2018.
ISBN
9781619021785, 1619021781
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
299.936 HAL
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299.936 HAL
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Published
Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2018.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xix, 392 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781619021785, 1619021781
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-392).
Description
"In Flunk. Start., 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 Flunk. Start. 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."--Jacket flap.
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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. A young woman from a literary family, she was drawn toward the certainty that Scientology appears to offer after her brother's tragic fall from a bridge. But as Hall began to grasp how purposefully Hubbard has created the unique language of Scientology, isolating and indoctrinating its practitioners, she confronted how language can also be used as a tool of authoritarianism.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hall, S. (2018). Flunk, start: reclaiming my decade lost in Scientology (First hardcover edition.). Counterpoint.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hall, Sands. 2018. Flunk, Start: Reclaiming My Decade Lost in Scientology. Counterpoint.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hall, Sands. Flunk, Start: Reclaiming My Decade Lost in Scientology Counterpoint, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hall, Sands. Flunk, Start: Reclaiming My Decade Lost in Scientology First hardcover edition., Counterpoint, 2018.
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