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Valeria Luiselli Deborah Madison Emily St. John Grisham Roshi Joan Halifax Joy HarjoĪnne Hillerman Cheryl Alters Jamison Craig Johnson Join us for an eye-opening conversation with Michelle LeClair, Author of Perfectly Clear, on what life is like in Scientology and how she escaped from it. Margaret Atwood Freddie Bitsoie Sandra Cisneros Purchase your books by festival authors directly from CW below: Purchase your tickets from the SF Literary Festival website here. Collected Works will be carrying a wide selection of books by all participating authors available for online pre-order and at the on-site festival bookstore May 20-23. To order books by festival authors directly from CW, see below. NOTE: If you purchase a festival event ticket that is INCLUSIVE of the author's book, you will receive that book upon check-in for your event a t the festival. It's a story of self-acceptance, of finding the strength and courage to stand up for your emotional freedom, and of love prevailing.Ĭelebrating the power of story, the inaugural Santa Fe Literary Festivalwill be an unforgettable weekend dedicated to a shared love and language of ideas. Collected Works Bookstore is thrilled to be the official bookstore of the Festival.īestselling, prizewinning authors and literary legends like Margaret Atwood, Joy Harjo, Colson Whitehead, Sandra Cisneros, John Grisham, amongst others, will headline the festival, discussing their work with readings and book signings that set the stage for further inspired conversations. In this tell-all memoir, Michelle offers an insider's perspective on Scientology's pervasive influence, secret rituals, and ruthless practices for keeping members in line.
PERFECTLY CLEAR MICHELLE LECLAIR FULL
Her once pristine reputation is publicly dragged through the mud, the police raid her home, her ex-husband tries to gain full custody of their children, and the multi-million dollar business she built from scratch is utterly destroyed. Michelle finally ends her horrific marriage, finds the love of her life, a woman, and ultimately leaves the Church. By Michelle LeClair, Robin Gaby Fisher, ISBN: 9781101991169, Hardcover. LeClair, who says she donated an estimated $5 million to the church over the years, claims it targeted not only her family but also her livelihood in the wake of her defection.The revelatory memoir by former "poster girl for Scientology" Michelle LeClair about her defection from the Church, her newly accepted sexual identity, and the lengths to which Scientology went to silence it.įor years, Michelle LeClair, former President of Scientology's international humanitarian organization, tried to reconcile her sexual orientation with the anti-gay ideology of the church. In her book, LeClair also recalls her rise within Scientology after founding one of the nation’s most successful woman-owned life insurance firms, her realization (while married to a man) that she was a lesbian, and how the love of her life, partner Tena Clark, ultimately helped her break free. Men wearing dark glasses followed me to the grocery store, my kids’ school. “Strange cars idled at the curb by my home at all hours of the day. Michelle LeClair recently published a memoir detailing her experience titled Perfectly Clear, where she described herself as the poster girl of Scientology before she was allegedly. “From the moment I decided to publicly leave, my life unspooled as if I were in a suspense novel,” LeClair, 45, writes in an exclusive excerpt featured in this week’s issue of PEOPLE. The church denies her claims, calling them “delusional and paranoid.” In her new memoir, Perfectly Clear, the mother of four and self-described former “poster girl for Scientology” claims that she and her family were stalked and harassed by the church after she announced that she was defecting. In 2010, former Scientologist Michelle LeClair says her world was turned upside down when she left the church after allegedly facing persecution for coming out as gay. The revelatory memoir by former poster girl for Scientology Michelle LeClair about her defection from the Church, her newly accepted sexual identity.
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