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Tender Loving Care: Escaping One of the Most Dangerous Cults in America - Paperback
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by Janet Best Dart (Author)
Synanon stole my baby-and still I believed.
They sterilized the men and coerced women to have abortions-and still I believed.
They carried guns and violently confronted their enemies-and still I believed.
In the shadow of Berkeley's radical 1960s, nineteen-year-old Janet was drawn to Synanon-a drug-free, violence-free community once hailed as a "miracle on the beach." What began as a haven for recovery soon evolved into something much darker.
They played "The Game"-a brutal ritual of honesty-where healing blurred into coercion and control.
In Tender Loving Care, Janet shares her gripping journey through Synanon, a therapeutic drug rehab community that drew in even non-drug users like her with its promise of transformation-only to deliver betrayal. Immersed in its utopian ideals, Janet devoted herself to curing addicts, building a new society, falling in love, and having a child. She followed every rule, unaware that she was becoming trapped in a psychological prison.
Her story is a visceral, intimate memoir of belief, betrayal, and resilience. With haunting clarity and emotional depth, Janet exposes the seductive power of belonging-and the courage it took to reclaim her life.
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