Member Of The Family: My Story Of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, And The Darkness That Ended The Sixties
by Dianne Lake /
2017 / English / EPUB
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In this poignant and disturbing memoir of lost innocence,
coercion, survival, and healing, Dianne Lake chronicles her years
with Charles Manson, revealing for the first time how she became
the youngest member of his Family and offering new insights into
one of the twentieth century’s most notorious criminals and life
as one of his "girls."
In this poignant and disturbing memoir of lost innocence,
coercion, survival, and healing, Dianne Lake chronicles her years
with Charles Manson, revealing for the first time how she became
the youngest member of his Family and offering new insights into
one of the twentieth century’s most notorious criminals and life
as one of his "girls."
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’
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
Album
White
Album and Manson’s dangerous messiah-complex, Dianne tells
the riveting story of the group’s descent into madness as she
lived it.
and 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 took her into his home, the courageous young woman
eventually found redemption and grew up to lead an ordinary life.
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 took her into his home, 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.
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 Family
Member of the Family includes 16 pages of photographs.
includes 16 pages of photographs.