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"It is a great strength of Sands Hall's clear-eyed and compelling memoir that she shows what she found authentic and rewarding in the Church of Scientology, not merely its corruption and imprisoning dogma. Sands shares her uniquely Californian coming-of-age tale with grace and courage." ?Julia Flynn Siler, author of The House of Mondavi and Lost Kingdom Start., a raw and moving account of her personal journey through… the Church of Scientology. "Sands Hall displays her fine literary talent in Flunk. Interweaving the backstory of a tragic accident that left a hole in her legendary family, Hall takes readers on a profound journey of loss, longing, and recovery." ?Elizabeth Rosner, author of Survivor Cafe "In this unflinching and nuanced self-portrait, Sands Hall examines a decade of entanglement with the cult of Scientology and her circuitous process of liberation. explores how she has found meaning and purpose within that decade that for so long she thought of as lost how she has faced the “flunk” represented by those years, and has embraced a way to “start” anew. However, as Hall begins to grasp how purposefully Hubbard has created the unique language of Scientology-in the process isolating and indoctrinating its practitioners-she confronts how language can also be used as a tool of authoritarianism. In this candid and nuanced memoir, Hall recounts her spiritual and artistic journey with a visceral affection for language, delighting in the way words can create a shared world.

In the secluded canyons of Hollywood, she finds herself increasingly drawn toward the certainty that Scientology appears to offer. Hall compellingly reveals what drew her into the religion-what she found intriguing and useful-and how she came to confront its darker sides.Īs a young woman from a literary family striving to find her own way as an artist, Hall ricochets between the worlds of Shakespeare, avant-garde theater, and soap-opera, until her brilliant elder brother, playwright Oakley Hall III, falls from a bridge and suffers permanent brain damage. Ron Hubbard, and the ascension of David Miscavige. Her time in the Church, the late 1970s, includes the secretive illness and death of its founder, L. Start., Sands Hall chronicles her slow yet willing absorption into the Church of Scientology. I consider it Sands' best book." -Lynn Freed, author of The Romance of Elsewhere and The Last Laugh By turns endearing and alarming, this story describes the hazards involved in having to choose between. "Sands Hall has brought her remarkable talents to bear on this memoir. Start.: Report From a Former Scientologist, by Sands Hall.