Escaping Utopia: Growing Up in a Cult, Getting Out, and Starting Over
Written by Karla McLaren and Janja Lalich
Narrated by Kelly Burke
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We think of cults as bizarre, inexplicable or otherworldly places that only strange people inhabit, but cults and other abusive and high-demand groups (and relationships) are actually quite commonplace. In fact, the behaviors, social pressures and authoritarian structures that create cults exist to a greater or lesser extent in every human relationship and every human group.
In the first in-depth research of its kind, the author interviewed 65 people who were born in or grew up in 39 different cultic groups spanning more than a dozen countries. What’s especially interesting about these individuals is that they each left the cult on their own, without outside help or internal support.
In Escaping Utopia: Growing Up in a Cult, Getting Out, and Starting Over, the authors craft Lalich’s original and groundbreaking research into an accessible and engaging book, the first of its kind focusing on this particular population.
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Reviews for Escaping Utopia
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Fairly interesting but felt like it repeated itself a lot.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent book, well worth reading . Very helpful and insightful