Original sentence: His mother, Luna Tarlo, wrote a book called Mother of God about her experience as one of his disciples.Tarlo argues that Cohen engaged in cruelty, self-aggrandizement and abuse of her and other disciples, and describes what she maintains was her struggle to free herself from his control
Edited sentence: His mother, Luna Tarlo, wrote a book called Mother of God about her experience as one of his disciples, describing what she maintains was her struggle to free herself from his control