"A vivid, compelling and heartrending memoir."
—Booklist

“Evocative . . . Intimate yet universally resonant . . . a powerful memoir that takes us down the darkest corridors of Scientology.”
—Kirkus Reviews

"Non-stop indoctrination . . . reckless indifference . . . A nightmare childhood in the baby factory." —The Daily Mail

“Hey, kid. Kid.” A voice in the darkness of the slum dorm. I awoke to my stale, bare mattress. It was midnight. The arm of a male nanny reached into the closet where my bed was, roughly jostling me. “You have to get up. They’re coming.”

A prosperous Black family that rose from the ashes of American slavery. A notorious movement cloaked in secrecy. A forgotten boy. And a daring escape.

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