Member of the Family: My Story of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, and the Darkness That Ended the Sixties
Autor Dianne Lake, Deborah Hermanen Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 oct 2018
At age fourteen Dianne Lake—with little more than a note in her pocket from her hippie parents granting her permission to leave them—became one of "Charlie’s girls," a devoted acolyte of cult leader Charles Manson. Over the course of two years, the impressionable teenager endured manipulation, psychological control, and physical abuse as the harsh realities and looming darkness of Charles Manson’s true nature revealed itself. From Spahn ranch and the group acid trips, to the Beatles’White Albumand Manson’s dangerous messiah-complex, Dianne tells the riveting story of the group’s descent into madness as she lived it.
Though she never participated in any of the group’s gruesome crimes and was purposely insulated from them, Dianne was arrested with the rest of the Manson Family, and eventually learned enough to join the prosecution’s case against them. With the help of good Samaritans, including the cop who first arrested her and later adopted her, the courageous young woman eventually found redemption and grew up to lead an ordinary life.
While much has been written about Charles Manson, this riveting account from an actual Family member is a chilling portrait that recreates in vivid detail one of the most horrifying and fascinating chapters in modern American history.
Member of the Familyincludes 16 pages of photographs.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780062695581
ISBN-10: 0062695584
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția William Morrow Paperbacks
ISBN-10: 0062695584
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția William Morrow Paperbacks
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In
late
1967,
fourteen-year-old
Dianne
Lake
became
one
of
“Charlie’s
girls,”
a
devoted
acolyte
of
cult
leader
Charles
Manson
and
member
of
his
Family.
The
two
years
that
followed
were
a
mixture
of
sexual
manipulation,
psychological
control,
and
physical
abuse,
as
the
harsh
realities
and
looming
darkness
of
Charles
Manson’s
true
nature
revealed
themselves
to
the
impressionable
teenager.
Though
Dianne
never
participated
in
any
of
the
group’s
gruesome
crimes,
as
one
of
its
longest
members,
she
lived
through
it
all,
becoming
a
crucial
eyewitness
to
the
Family’s
descent
into
madness
and
ultimately
providing
critical
testimony
against
Manson
and
his
collaborators
that
helped
put
them
behind
bars—for
life.
Now Dianne shares the full story of her time with Manson, revealing how she became the youngest member of his Family and offering new insights into one of the twentieth century’s most notorious criminals. For the first time, Dianne opens up about her life in the Family. Drawing upon never-before-told stories, Dianne delivers an inside account of how Manson’s paranoid volatility grew over time, culminating in the final chaotic months before the horrific Tate-LaBianca murders brought the idealism of the 1960s to a stunning conclusion.
Featuring sixteen pages of photos,Member of the Familyis a riveting look at how one young girl helped convict one of the most diabolical and fascinating figures in modern American history and reckoned with a past she kept hidden even from those closest to her.
Now Dianne shares the full story of her time with Manson, revealing how she became the youngest member of his Family and offering new insights into one of the twentieth century’s most notorious criminals. For the first time, Dianne opens up about her life in the Family. Drawing upon never-before-told stories, Dianne delivers an inside account of how Manson’s paranoid volatility grew over time, culminating in the final chaotic months before the horrific Tate-LaBianca murders brought the idealism of the 1960s to a stunning conclusion.
Featuring sixteen pages of photos,Member of the Familyis a riveting look at how one young girl helped convict one of the most diabolical and fascinating figures in modern American history and reckoned with a past she kept hidden even from those closest to her.
Recenzii
“Fans
of
Emma
Cline’s
novel
‘The Girls’
will
enjoy
this
nonfiction
account
of
a
teenager
living
under
Charles
Manson’s
cult
leadership
in
the
’60s
and
her
eventual
aid
in
his
arrest
and
imprisonment.”
“If a taut psychological thriller is what you like,Member of the Familycrushes it.”
“[A] disturbing, courageous memoir… Her testimony, at age 17, helped convict Manson. This is a moving, intense insider’s view of the cult of Manson.”
“If a taut psychological thriller is what you like,Member of the Familycrushes it.”
“[A] disturbing, courageous memoir… Her testimony, at age 17, helped convict Manson. This is a moving, intense insider’s view of the cult of Manson.”
Notă biografică
Dianne Lake is a retired special-education teacher and mother of three.