Don't Call It a Cult - Sarah Berman - 2021
The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM
By: Sarah Berman
Narrated by: Ewa Wolniczek
Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 04-20-21
Language: English
Caregories: Biographies & Memoirs, True Crime
Publisher: Steerforth
Format: mp3 64/48 stereo
An Instant National Best Seller "Don't Call It A Cult" is the most detailed, well-reported, and nuanced look at NXIVM's history, its supporters, and those left destroyed in its wake.
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 cult run by Keith Raniere and many enablers. Through the accounts of central NXIVM figures, Berman uncovers how dozens of women seeking creative coaching and networking opportunities instead were blackmailed, literally branded, near-starved, and enslaved. Don't Call It a Cult is a riveting account of NXIVM's rise to power, its ability to evade prosecution for decades, and the investigation that finally revealed its dark secrets to the world.
©2021 Sarah Berman (P)2021 Steerforth
Critic Reviews
"Investigative journalist Berman front-loads her startling, comprehensive exposé on the NXIVM group with key information on how the association became popular yet remained elusive to law enforcement...the author’s engrossing reportage meticulously reveals the tumultuous rise and fall of NXIVM after numerous criminal indictments and prosecutions.... File this alongside Lawrence Wright’s Going Clear and Jeff Guinn’s The Road to Jonestown.... An incendiary, serpentine report on criminal manipulation of staggering proportions." (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)
"Investigative journalist Berman debuts with the definitive look at the NXIVM cult, which victimized dozens of women for more than a decade.... This deep dive behind the headlines isn’t to be missed." (Publishers Weekly)
"Berman demonstrates the tactics cults use to manipulate and control without casting judgment or blame on the victims. Truly gripping, this is the definitive book on NXIVM." (Booklist)
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