Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape, by Jenna Miscavige with Lisa Pulitzer

Why does it take Jenna, niece of David Miscavige, ecclestiastical and business leader of The Church of Scientology, so many years to leave the Sea Org, the inner core of the Scientology parish? The answer is she can't, for it is the only life she knows. Alienation from parents, constant verbal abuse, thought and emotions control, and never ending physical labor are all Jenna and her new husband Dallas expect from their existence at the "Ranch." This revealing story of the inherent horrors of life in the monstrosity developed by L Ron Hubbard in the mid 1950s, exceeds the manipulative mindset of the all-knowing state written by George Orwell in 1948.
Jenna slowly comes to the reluctant realization that something is not right here in Scientology paradise, as many youngsters in our public school systems do by the time they hit junior high.
Well written and provocative, the reader may find himself growing weary, wondering why Jenna remains hesitant about getting the hell out of there. One, of course, questions the sanity of Tom Cruise, John Travolta, and Great Van Susteren.
Highly recommended.