Troublemaker Surviving Hollywood And Scientology Leah Remini by Leah Remini, Rebecca Paley 9781101886977, 1101886978, B015BCX0JY instant download after payment.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An eye-opening, no-holds-barred
memoir about life in the Church of Scientology, now with a new
afterword by the author—the outspoken actress and star of the A&E
docuseries Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath
Leah
Remini has never been the type to hold her tongue. That willingness to
speak her mind, stand her ground, and rattle the occasional cage has
enabled this tough-talking girl from Brooklyn to forge an enduring and
successful career in Hollywood. But being a troublemaker has come at a
cost.
That was never more evident than in 2013, when Remini
loudly and publicly broke with the Church of Scientology. Now, in this
frank, funny, poignant memoir, the former King of Queens star
opens up about that experience for the first time, revealing the
in-depth details of her painful split with the church and its
controversial practices.
Indoctrinated into the church as a
child while living with her mother and sister in New York, Remini
eventually moved to Los Angeles, where her dreams of becoming an actress
and advancing Scientology’s causes grew increasingly intertwined. As an
adult, she found the success she’d worked so hard for, and with it a
prominent place in the hierarchy of celebrity Scientologists alongside
people such as Tom Cruise, Scientology’s most high-profile adherent.
Remini spent time directly with Cruise and was included among the guests
at his 2006 wedding to Katie Holmes.
But when she began to
raise questions about some of the church’s actions, she found herself a
target. In the end, she was declared by the church to be a threat to
their organization and therefore a “Suppressive Person,” and as a
result, all of her fellow parishioners—including members of her own
family—were told to disconnect from her. Forever.
Bold, brash, and bravely confessional, Troublemaker
chronicles Leah Remini’s remarkable journey toward emotional and
spiritual freedom, both for herself and for her family. This is a memoir
designed to reveal the hard-won truths of a
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