Troublemaker - Surviving Hollywood and Scientology

Leah Remini, Rebecca Paley

Ballantine Books

2016

272 páginas

9h 4m

ISBN-10: 1101886986

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 life lived honestly—from an author unafraid of the consequences.

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4 (Muito bom)

Os males de ser membro de uma seita

TW: abuso psicológico!

Desde que conheci o trabalho de Leah Remini (na série King Of Queens, junto com meu amado Kevin James) fiquei curiosa para saber o motivo da atriz ter deixado a cientologia. Bem... nada melhor que um recorte de quem estava diretamente envolvido na situação para saber, não é?

A atriz divide inúmeras facetas de sua vida pessoal: Leah mãe, Leah esposa, Leah atriz e filha. E, apesar de não conhecer muito sobre ela, já admiro sua coragem em vir a público expor uma instituição - infelizmente - tão poderosa, principalmente em Hollywood (acredite, há poder da cientologia em absolutamente tudo!).

Achei a narrativa bem coesa apesar da atriz divagar em alguns aspectos ou outros, mas nada que atrapalhe demais a leitura.

Para encerrar: é uma lástima que muitas pessoas de boa-fé caiam nas mãos dessas seitas perversas, pois o abuso psicológico e a lavagem cerebral que acontecem no meio desses lugares é algo ASSUSTADOR. Recomendo a leitura caso você tenha estômago suficiente para entender um pouco do modus operandi da Cientologia.