BOOK TITLE: TAKE BACK YOUR LIFE
BY Janja Lilich and Madeleine Tobias

This book is now available in a newer edition, F.Y.I. I'm reading the book and I sure recommend it. These two women have been there, done that !!

From Library Journal
Tobias and Lalich spent a combined total of 24 years in "restrictive groups" (i.e., cults), and both are currently involved in providing post-cult counseling and therapy. Their first collaboration, this book succeeds as an ambitious, comprehensive explanation of the cult experience and works well on several levels. Its stated focal intent is to encourage and assist those former cultists struggling to readjust to the "real world." Powered by the authors' experience, compassion, and intellect, it capably provides such support. In addition, however, Tobias and Lalich's systematic analysis of the shared characteristics of cults and cult leaders, along with extensive first-person accounts by former cultists, will educate those readers with a purely intellectual interest in the allure, power, and structure of cults. Recommended for public and religious libraries.
Bill Piekarski, Southwestern Coll. Lib., Chula Vista, Cal.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Philip G. Zimbardo, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Stanford University
Must reading for everyone who wants to understand the appeal of cults. This book's wisdom is vital.

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