Do you love a good who-dun-it? Join others with a similar interest in true crime at our book club. Each month we will all read one true crime title and discuss it.
Happy New Year! Join us in the Courtyard for an outdoor book club meeting where we will be able to social distance, weather permitting. We will discuss this month's true crime title, as well as catch-up with each other about what we've been reading/watching/listening to since our last meeting.
For our January meeting, we will be reading Don't Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM by Sarah Berman. Copies of this title will be handed out at our December meeting and any remaining copies will then be available for pick-up at the Headquarters Library reference desk, while supplies last.
"They draw you in with the promise of empowerment, self-discovery, women helping women. The more secretive those connections are, the more exclusive you feel. Little did you know, you just joined a cult.
Sex trafficking. Self-help coaching. Forced labor. Mentorship. Multi-level marketing. Gaslighting. Investigative journalist Sarah Berman explores the shocking practices of NXIVM, a global organization run by Keith Raniere and his high-profile enablers (Seagram heir Clare Bronfman; Smallville actor Allison Mack; Battlestar Galactica actor Nicki Clyne). Through the accounts of central NXIVM figures, Berman unravels how young women seeking creative coaching and networking opportunities found themselves blackmailed, literally branded, near-starved, and enslaved. With the help of the Bronfman fortune, Raniere built a wall of silence around these abuses, leveraging the legal system to go after enemies and whistleblowers." (Goodreads)
AGE GROUP: | Adults (19 and up) |
EVENT TYPE: | Books, Authors, & Writing |
TAGS: | true crime | NXIVM | cult | book club |
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