Mating in captivity
Subtitle: a memoir
By: Helen Zuman
Publisher: She Writes Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9781631523373
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Cult members; Cults; Communal living; Ex-cultists; Sexual behavior; Biography
Description: "When recent Harvard grad Helen Zuman moved to Zendik Farm in 1999, she was thrilled to discover that the Zendiks used go-betweens to arrange sexual assignations, or "dates," in cozy shacks just big enough for a double bed and a nightstand. Here, it seemed, she could learn an honest version of the mating dance--and form a union free of "Deathculture" lies. No one spoke the truth: Arol, the Farm's matriarch, crushed any love that threatened her hold on her followers' hearts. An intimate look at a transformative cult journey, Mating in Captivity shows how stories can trap us and free us, how miracles rise out of crisis, how coercion feeds on forsaken self-trust."--Amazon.com.
Table of contents: title: Interview; title: Moving in; title: Dim chambers; title: The lure of the ring; title: Last glimpse of sunlight; title: Tough love; title: Traitors' hearts; title: Hunting season; title: Invading the body; title: Untamed flame; title: Arol's embrace; title: Crazing; title: Break; title: Release; title: Reunion.