Seductive Poison
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Seductive Poison by Deborah Layton
In this haunting and riveting firsthand account, a survivor of Jim Jones's Peoples Temple opens up the shadowy world of cults and shows how anyone can fall under their spell."A suspenseful tale of escape that reads like a satisfying thriller.... The most important personal testimony to emerge from the Jonestown tragedy." --Chicago Tribune
A high-level member of Jim Jones's Peoples Temple for seven years, Deborah Layton escaped his infamous commune in the Guyanese jungle, leaving behind her mother, her older brother, and many friends. She returned to the United States with warnings of impending disaster, but her pleas for help fell on skeptical ears, and shortly thereafter, in November 1978, the Jonestown massacre shocked the world. Seductive Poison is both an unflinching historical document and a suspenseful story of intrigue, power, and murder.
Deborah Layton was born in 1953 in Tooele, Utah. She grew up in Berkeley, California, then went to Yorkshire, England, for high school. She worked on the trading floor of an investment banking firm in San Francisco after fleeing Jonestown, Guyana, in May 1978. She resides in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780385489843 |
| ISBN 10 | 0385489846 |
| Title | Seductive Poison |
| Author | Deborah Layton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 1999-11-09 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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