Hollywood Park : a memoir
(Audiobook CD)

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Published
[New York, NY] : Macmillan Audio, [2020].
Format
Audiobook CD
Edition
Unabridged.
Status
Clallam Bay - Talking Books
AUDBK 782.4216 JOLLETT
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Published
[New York, NY] : Macmillan Audio, [2020].
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
10 audio discs (12 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
9781250757616

Notes

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Title from container.
General Note
Compact discs.
General Note
Includes songs and selections from the Airborne Toxic Event's new album, Hollywood Park.
Participants/Performers
Read by the author.
Description
A remarkable memoir of a tumultuous life. Mikel Jollett was born into one of the country's most infamous cults and subjected to a childhood filled with poverty, addiction, and emotional abuse. Yet, ultimately, his is a story of fierce love and family loyalty told in a raw, poetic voice that signals the emergence of a uniquely gifted writer, so begins Mikel Jollett's remarkable memoir. His story opens in an experimental commune in California, which later morphed into the Church of Synanon, one of the country's most infamous and dangerous cults. Per the leader's mandate, all children, including Jollett and his older brother, were separated from their parents when they were six months old, and handed over to the cult's "School." After spending years in what was essentially an orphanage, Mikel escaped the cult one morning with his mother and older brother. But in many ways, life outside Synanon was even harder and more erratic.