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Dinner for Vampires

Life on a Cult TV Show (While also in an Actual Cult!)

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Dinner for Vampires

Yazan: Bethany Joy Lenz
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A deliciously witty and inspiring memoir by One Tree Hill star Bethany Joy Lenz about her decade in a cult and her quest to break free.
In the early 2000s, after years of hard work and determination to breakthrough as an actor, Bethany Joy Lenz was finally cast as one of the leads on the hit drama One Tree Hill. Her career was about to take off, but her personal life was slowly beginning to unravel. What none of the show's millions of fans knew, hidden even from her costars, was her secret double life in a cult.

An only child who often had to fend for herself and always wanted a place to belong, Lenz found the safe haven she'd been searching for in a Bible study group with other Hollywood creatives. However, the group soon morphed into something more sinister - a slowly woven web of manipulation, abuse and fear under the guise of a church covenant called The Big House Family. Piece by piece, Lenz began to give away her autonomy, ultimately relocating to the Family's Pacific Northwest compound, overseen by a domineering minister who would convince Lenz to marry one of his sons and steadily drained millions of her TV income without her knowledge. Family 'minders' assigned to her on set, 'Maoist struggle session'-inspired meetings in the basement of a filthy house, and regular counselling with 'Leadership' were just part of the tactics used to keep her loyal.

Only when she became a mother did Lenz find the courage to leave and spare her child from a similar fate. After nearly a decade (and with the unlikely help of a One Tree Hill super-fan), she finally managed to escape the family's grip and begin to heal from the deep trauma that forever altered the course of her life.

Written with powerful honesty and dark humour, Dinner for Vampires is an inspiring story about the importance of identity, faith and independence. Women İlham verici Esprili Samimi İyi Hissettiren
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incredible book. moving and also shocking.
Hearing Joy read it made it come to life even more.

what a story!

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Captivating and immersive. Was oppressive and dark in places but worth the time to hear the good stuff at the end. Well done x

Amazing story of a life less than ordinary

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I loved how well written it was and how Bethany narrated was unstoppable from start to finish learnt so much about how complicated and yet easy it was to have an experience like hers and lived all the different themes and subjects that were explored

Absolutely incredible hard to believe this is her actual Life experience

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amazing book. so current and insightful. I love Joy's voice and her way of telling the story. what an incredible woman.
I listened to the whole book in 2 sittings. I raere
rarely listen to the sane book twice but as soon as this one had finished I decided to listen to it again.
I wholeheartedly recommend it!!!

incredible

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This is probably the first audiobook I’ve listened to start to finish without a break. The way, Joy narrates this is spectacular. You can tell she’s an actress in real life and a performer. She really brings you into the story. It makes you believe that you’re actually there living it with her. On a personal note I was never in a cult but have been on the receiving end of narcissistic abuse and could really feel the pain Joy went through when leaving the cult. I felt every word I understood every word the feeling of how did I allow this to happen really resonated with me. But more importantly she gave me hope that no matter how bad it got you can learn grow and become a version of you, you were always meant to be.

Absolutely brilliantly written, narrated. And truly vulnerable. The strength Joy has and the love for her daughter is all the love she will ever need!

Storytelling, narration, vulnerability!

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