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by Kate Bornstein

The Person From Porlock rated it

11 years ago

text A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The True Story of a Nice Jewish Boy Who Joins the Church of Scientology and Leaves Twelve Years Later to Become the Lovely Lady She is Today

I've never read anything else by Kate Bornstein, and honestly? I don't think I'll ever need to. This biography is tell all as looking straight into her mind (I hope? What more fucked up things could she have in there?). She's writing this for her child and grandchild and they've certainly got some t...

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Bonnie Read a Book Today rated it

11 years ago

text A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The True Story of a Nice Jewish Boy Who Joins the Church of Scientology and Leaves Twelve Years Later to Become the Lovely Lady She is Today

One of the best memoirs I've ever read. Kate Bornstein tells the story of her life as Albert, his marriages, and the loss of her child to Scientology with such clever honesty that it's just a pure joy to read. It is, by necessity, a political book as much as a loving family history, but I found myse...

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Libromancer's Apprentice rated it

12 years ago

text A Queer and Pleasant Danger: A Memoir

It was interesting to read this book after having unsettling experience with Scientologists who were trying to sell me something. Interesting because the things that unsettled me are apparently things that are taught in how to act within the "religious philosophy." Of course, I find Scientology as...

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